Mount St. S Medical Center Case Study
What would the world be like if one day technology was inaccessible? Technology is used extensively in the healthcare department to provide patients with the best treatment. This is especially the case at the Mount St. John’s Medical Centre (MSJMC), where technology must be up to date, easy to use, and designed to aid doctors to make the best and fastest decision with accurate information. Technology is best described as “the practical application of knowledge” or “manner of accomplishing a task” (College Dictionary). The essential function of the kidney is to remove excess fluid, minerals, and wastes from the blood. These two bean-shaped organs keeps the body healthy and bones strong by producing hormones. When the kidneys fail, due
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“Dialysis is the artificial process of eliminating waste (diffusion) and unwanted water (ultrafiltration) from the blood.” (Christian Nordqvist). To reach this goal, the patients at the MSJMC are treated for three sessions a week, three (3) to four (4) hours continuously with keen eye on the water treatment plant. The water treatment plant is computerized as it comes from Antigua Public Utility Authority (APUA) to be reprocessed, such that there is 0 colony forming units per 100 milliliters for both coliform and Escherichia coli (E.coli) bacteria. This technological advancement ensures safety for the patients as a result of preventing any contamination penetrating in their system. Additionally, the dialysis monitors over the past couple of years have changed substantially. The old monitors were manually controlled by nurses which were not user-friendly while the new monitors are more sophisticated that corrects majority of problems automatically. It could be then postulated that there was a major technological change that occurred. The new dialysis monitors achieves less human errors in comparison to the old ones. However, nurses and nephrologists have less understanding and knowledge to deal with the problems that might occur if the machine would have become damaged. Recently, The Renal Society of Antigua & Barbuda (RSAB) donated a machine to MSJMC totaling to thirteen (13) dialysis stations at the healthcare centre serving sixty-six (66)
“Dialysis is the artificial process of eliminating waste (diffusion) and unwanted water (ultrafiltration) from the blood.” (Christian Nordqvist). To reach this goal, the patients at the MSJMC are treated for three sessions a week, three (3) to four (4) hours continuously with keen eye on the water treatment plant. The water treatment plant is computerized as it comes from Antigua Public Utility Authority (APUA) to be reprocessed, such that there is 0 colony forming units per 100 milliliters for both coliform and Escherichia coli (E.coli) bacteria. This technological advancement ensures safety for the patients as a result of preventing any contamination penetrating in their system. Additionally, the dialysis monitors over the past couple of years have changed substantially. The old monitors were manually controlled by nurses which were not user-friendly while the new monitors are more sophisticated that corrects majority of problems automatically. It could be then postulated that there was a major technological change that occurred. The new dialysis monitors achieves less human errors in comparison to the old ones. However, nurses and nephrologists have less understanding and knowledge to deal with the problems that might occur if the machine would have become damaged. Recently, The Renal Society of Antigua & Barbuda (RSAB) donated a machine to MSJMC totaling to thirteen (13) dialysis stations at the healthcare centre serving sixty-six (66)