Epidural

The moment you've been waiting for is right around the corner. You've spent the last nine months watching your body grow as your little one grows inside you. While the joys of pregnancy are many, there have also been challenges, including fatigue, weight gain, and loss of balance and coordination. At this point, you're ready to welcome your baby into the world. The last step before holding her in your arms is labor. Every mom-to-be goes through labor differently. For some, it passes quickly…

seated aerobics, etc. are suitable exercises for a T12 spinal cord injury. Hip, knee, ankle, shoulder, upper arm, and neck stretches keep the muscles flexible. Studies show promising results for a cure for spinal cord injuries. There is research on epidural stimulation, neuro-modulation, scar reduction, and cell therapies (Spinal cord research progress towards recovery,…

sick and usually prefer natural things rather than medication. I had wanted to deliver the baby naturally and with no medication. I think that few women choose this option, and the health care system seems to be set up to better suit women who want epidurals and any other pain medications. Because of being positive for Strep B, and because I didn’t go into labor after my water broke, I had to be induced with Pitocin and…

The birth of my first child Every mother remembers their first child's birth. The experience might be painful ... at first but afterward it's the most wonderful feeling in the world. It's the day you bring a new life into the world and try to give them the things you never received growing up. I remember my son's birth like it was yesterday. It was the day I thought about someone other than myself and made them a priority first. I remember rushing down Interstate 10 on the way to the…

The University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Nursing NUR 701 Evidence Table Template Student Name: Keri Watson Criteria: Source 1: Source 2: First Author (Year) Mohta, M, et al. (2009) Watkins, TR, et al. (2012) Conceptual Framework none none Design and Methods Prospective, randomized study This pilot study was conducted to compare continuous TEA and continuous TPVB for pain management in patients with multiple rib fractures and to assess the outcomes in each group. Prospective cohort…

A02- PREVENTATIVE MEASURES AND JOB ROLES MIDWIVES According to the WHO http://www.who.int/topics/midwifery/en/ a midwife is a ‘health professional that deals with pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum period as well as care for the new born.’ This means that a midwife is very much involved in the lives of the women throughout their whole pregnancy; they are usually the first and main contact for a woman during her pregnancy, throughout labour and the early postnatal period. A midwife is…

ages should be involved as well as working mothers and stay at home mothers. Also first time moms and second time moms should be included. Another thing to include in the trials are mothers that gave natural births, cesarean, and those who used epidurals and other medications. The one bad thing about this article was the lack of diversity in the study and how small the study was. It did have some interesting ideas, which were quite…

Congenital muscular dystrophy (CMD) has many different forms which may lead to serious problems associated with surgery and anesthesia (1). Although, the sole use of central neuraxial anesthesia and peripheral nerve blocks seem to be safer than general anesthesia in adult patients with CMD), the majority of these techniques require deep sedation or general anesthesia in children (2). A 6.5-year-old girl with the diagnosis of merosin-positive CMD (weight 23 kg, height 123 cm) was scheduled for…

Male, 40 years old, reports low back pain in the middle of the back near waist. The patient has had similar symptoms before, numbness and tingling sensation in the right foot. Both parents have hypercholesterolemia while his 65-year-old father has prostate cancer. The patient skips breakfast and eats at fast food restaurants twice every day. He uses 800mg of Ibuprofen every four hours. He does not have urinary or bowel incontinence. No nausea, vomiting, or fever and there is no gross hematuria.…

followed a patient closely, an elderly man who was scheduled for a right knee replacement, however only had his right leg, as the left one had been amputated 50 years previously after a car accident. From the moment he left his family, putting the epidural in, during surgery, then waking up in recovery, I was able to witness his whole journey. Even though I did not know the patient, I felt like I had shared his personal experience alongside him, which fuelled my passion for medicine even more.…