Surgical Instruments Surgery has been performed since ancient times. The earliest recorded surgical operations were circumcision and trepanation. (Circumcision is the removal of the foreskin of the penis. Trepanation involves making a hole in the skull to relieve pressure and/or release spirits.) The earliest instruments used in these procedures were flint or obsidian (shiny stone) knives and saws. Stone Age skulls from around the world have been found with holes in them from trepanning. Primitive
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FOREIGN SOURCE A surgical conscience may simply be stated as a surgical Golden Rule: Do unto the patient as you would have others do unto you. The caregiver should consider each patient as himself or herself or a loved one. Surgical conscience involves a concept of self-inspection coupled with moral obligation. It incorporates the caregiver’s values and attitudes at a conscious level and monitors behavior and decision-making in relation to those values. In short‚ a surgical conscience is the inner
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Carmeka Portis Jeannie Anderson English 1101 11/09/12 Informative Essay Informative Essay Advertising today is a bitter sweet form of communication. Advertising can be a very reliable source of information. It also can be used to contribute to the over spending‚ depression and in aiding society to live above their means. At an early age‚ little girls are shown the images of princesses in Disney movies. These movies depict the importance of beauty and how one is accepted in society because
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Far Eastern University – Makati Informative Essay Outline: Process Analysis (Informative Essay) Title: “How to Become Physically Fit” Introduction: Every person wishes to have a fit and slim body. Being Physically Fit is a very important thing to consider‚ especially to athletes and conscious type people. Different people now a days visit gym’s‚ attend yoga classes‚ and for fortunate ones that have the guts to afford‚ gets personal trainer. Truly‚ there are so many fitness centers
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Surgical site infections are one the most common type of hospital-acquired infection‚ even in occurrence with pneumonia. This is an ongoing problem in today’s health care system. Nurses have many duties to the patient by implementing and following protocols to prevent infections and should also work with the whole health care team to avoid them. Preventing surgical site infections is very important in the perioperative environment. This is so important‚ that the CDC and Hospital Infection Control
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Informative Essay The stages in some types of storms (hurricane) A hurricane is a wheather system that is usually described as a funnel of warm wet air‚ when warm moist air rises and encounter with the cooler air‚ it causes the warm water vapor to condense and form rain drops and dark clouds. Most hurricanes that occur in the Atlantic develops off the west coast of Africa. Hurricanes begins as thunderstorms which moves out over the warm tropical ocean water. There are three stages in forming
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Computer Technology in the Fire Service Brent Lefebvre Mount Wachusett Community College Abstract This abstract will discuss how computer technology is used in the fire service today. I will clarify how in today’s world everything revolves around technology‚ mainly computer technology. In the fast paced world we live in‚ everyone is looking for a way to help get the job done faster and easier‚ including the fire service. The fire service continues to adopt new procedures and methods
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Aura Xec P-5 3/18/15 Informative Essay on Serial Killers What is a serial killer? A serial killer is a person who has murdered three or more people over a period of more than a month‚ with down time (a “cooling off period”). Most of the time people don’t look at what a serial killer is or does and that is why America is having a hard time with these offenders. There are different types of serial killers‚ their motives and victims are different. Not all serial killers have the same motive and none
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cartilage in the ankle‚ the risk of an injury increases. Treatment for an Ankle Injury At Nilssen Orthopedics Ankle and Foot Center‚ the severity of an injury determines whether non-surgical treatment or surgical intervention is recommended. Some patients only require a pair of supportive shoes and/or an ankle brace. Surgical Intervention Deciding to have surgery is a big step; however‚ individuals who are experiencing ankle pain that
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of the surgical team consist of the surgeon‚ the surgeon’s assistant‚ a scrub nurse‚ a cardiac anesthesiologist‚ and a perfusionist technician. Each of these individuals brings their own area of expertise to the team. The conventional heart surgery relies on each member performing his or her task‚ as it relates to the area of their own expertise. The new procedure introduces a dynamic that requires the team members to be more interdependent and collaborative within the group. The surgical teams
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