Craniofacial surgery

Emergency departments patients evoked strong emotions regularly for me at my clinical site. I truly can say that it feels as though I had experienced almost every emotion here. However, there is one that I can remember crystal clear, and could never forget. Although I had many experiences that evoked strong emotions of satisfaction, however this one evoked the complete opposite. My patient was a 29-year-old female who was 34 weeks pregnant and brought in by EMS for a drug overdose. She had been

Gallstones: Maintaining a Healthy Diet Will Maintain a Healthy You Gallstones hold a very close annoying factor in my heart. As a registered nurse in a very busy Emergency Room, I find myself dealing with at least 2-4 gallstone/pain ER admits on every shift. I believe that one of the main reasons for the recurrent visits is due to the lack of education regarding their diet. My goal with this Outreach Project was to provide education regarding a healthy diet along with quick references to both

looking for an exciting career are many. Starting with General Surgery, a student will take five years of schooling. With Thoracic Surgery, a student has to take the same classes as General Surgery plus two additional years to farther define for this field. Since it is a specific organ, they have to know every single thing about it. For other specialty fields, one can get into is Rectal and Colon Surgery. A student will take General Surgery classes and training as well as one additional year to complete

less painful and allow patients to be knocked out easier before surgery (Driving). Any medical field will always be advancing because of the need for more quality healthcare. As an anesthesiologist, the lives of others are in your hands. They rely on the anesthesiologist to properly give them anesthetics before and after surgery. This task allows the surgeon to properly examine and perform the operation on the patient. The surgery would be extremely painful for the patient but because they have

Surgery is a very ambitious and demanding career choice. The years of medical school are rigorous and then being a surgical intern isn’t any easier. Many medical shows have been used for more comedic purposes, using less medicine and intensity. These shows are missing the touch of drama and realism that comes with working in a hospital that Grey’s Anatomy has and executes perfectly. In Shonda Rhimes’s drama, Grey’s Anatomy, she takes the viewers into the lives of these characters, and shows that

If you watch anything on ABC, you might know of a show called “Greys Anatomy”. A medical drama show that contains mind-blowing procedures and heart wrenching life scenarios. In the show, surgeries and surgeons are obviously the focus because... well, it is more fascinating to watch. Even though the show captures the excitement and difficulty of being a surgeon, there is a certain group of people who have a job twice as strenuous and are hardly shown. That group is the nurses. Although the hard working

indicating postoperative pain treatment is not sufficient (p. 8). Moreover, “acute postoperative pain is an important risk factor for the development of persistent chronic postoperative pain in women after breast surgery. Chronic postoperative pain occurs in almost 50% of patients after breast surgery” (Schnabel et al., 2010, p. 1). Most patients require at least an overnight stay after a mastectomy for breast cancer for postoperative pain control management and nausea and vomiting (Bougheyet al., 2009,

Surgery, whether elective or emergent, is a stressful, complex event. Today, as a result of advances in surgical techniques and instrumentation as well as in anesthesia, many surgical procedures that were once performed in an inpatient setting now take place in an ambulatory or outpatient setting. Approximately 60% of elective surgeries are now performed in an ambulatory or outpatient setting (Russell, Williams & Bulstrode, 2000). This trend has increased the acuity and complexity of surgical patients

was superior at reducing the rates of SSI’s, two articles supported the use of chlorhexidine without any significant evidence of advantage, and only one study supported the use of povidone iodine. The study favoring povidone iodine included general surgery of clean, clean-contaminated, contaminated wounds and dirty wounds. The results showed there was only a 0.7% higher infection rate with chlorhexidine and it was later found that the chlorhexidine group had a higher number of dirty wounds, which could

groups. As an orthopedic surgeon you see many surgeries on a daily basis. During the work hours in the week, I’m at work from 40 to 60 hours. On the weekends I can work at least 20 hours in the operating room. Majority of the time, I’m on call to the emergency room. The time that I’m at work I am most likely on my feet. Before a surgery it’s then required to scrub in. Scrubbing in is when you wash your hands and forearms very precisely before a surgery. Usually you use a brush to help