#anaesthetics

[artsyaech]

shoutout to aspec folks!

shoutout to asexuals

shoutout to aromantics

shoutout to aplatonics

shoutout to asensuals

shoutout to analterous folks

shoutout to anaesthetics

shoutout to demisexuals

shoutout to demiromantics

shoutout to demiplatonics

shoutout to demisensuals

shoutout to demialterous folks

shoutout to demiaesthetics

shoutout to gray-aces

shoutout to gray-aros

shoutout to gray-any-other-attraction

shoutout to aceflux folks

shoutout to aroflux folks

shoutout to any-other-attraction-flux folks

shoutout to aroaces

shoutout to aroacespecs

shoutout to aegosexuals

shoutout to aegoromantics

shoutout to aego-any-other-attraction

shoutout to cupiosexuals

shoutout to cupioromantics

shoutout to cupio-any-other-attraction

shoutout to acespikes

shoutout to arospikes

shoutout to any-other-attraction-spikes

shoutout to reciprosexuals

shoutout to reciproromantics

shoutout to reciproaroaces

shoutout to recipro-any-other-attraction

shoutout to alloaces

shoutout to alloaros

shoutout to omniaspecs

shoutout to eclectio aroaces

shoutout to sex-favorable aces

shoutout to sex-indifferent aces

shoutout to sex-repulsed aces

shoutout to aces who enjoy sex as an activity

shoutout to aces who enjoy erotic media

shoutout to romance-favorable aros

shoutout to romance-indifferent aros

shoutout to romance-repulsed aros

shoutout to aros who enjoy romantic media

shoutout to aros whose favorite type of media is romance

shoutout to autosexuals

shoutout to autoromantics

shoutout to auto-any-other-attraction

shoutout to autospecs

shoutout to bellussexuals

shoutout to bellusromantics

shoutout to bellus-any-other-attraction

shoutout to quoisexuals

shoutout to quoiromantics

shoutout to quoi-any-other-attraction

shoutout to fraysexuals

shoutout to frayromantics

shoutout to fray-any-other-attraction

shoutout to apothisexuals

shoutout to apothiromantics

shoutout to apothi-any-other-attraction

shoutout to orchidsexuals

shoutout to orchidromantics

shoutout to orchid-any-other-attraction

shoutout to loveless folks

shoutout to lovequeer folks

shoutout to acespec folks who don't specifically label themselves

shoutout to arospec folks who don't specifically label themselves

shoutout to acespecs who experience sexual attraction

shoutout to arospecs who experience romantic attraction

shoutout to acespecs who experience romantic attraction

shoutout to arospecs who experience sexual attraction

all of y'all are valid as hell

#asexual #aromantic #acespec #arospec #aspec #long post #aplatonic #asensual #analterous #anaesthetics #anaesthetic #orchidsexual #orchidromantic #cupiosexual #cupioromantic #aceflux #aroflux #asexual positivity #aromantic positivity #autosexual

[shiutsu]

It always feels like that,especially when they're denying all the facts you've stated.

#arospec #aplatonic #apl culture is #loveless aplatonic #aplatonic aroace #aplspec #loveless aroace #loveless aro #anaesthetics #aromantic spectrum #romance repulsed #aromantic representation #aspec stuff #aspec representation #aspec community #aro memes

[priyeshxxvii]

This homosexual is gonna become Anaesthesiologist!!!

Dr Priyesh Gupta, MBBS, MD Anaesthesia

🥳🥳🥳

#doctor #medicine #studyblr #india #medstudentblr #medstudent #anaesthesia #anaesthetics #anaesthesiologist #me #personal #happy news

[pickle-the-lad]

Someone will be okay with the ways you can't love, even if you're completely loveless♡ you're not broken

#aspec #aspec community #aroace #aro #aplatonic #anaesthetics #asensual

[help-im-a-medstudent]

It's been an absolute rollercoaster of a month with a lot of tears and a lot of stress about planning for the next year and trying to find another job, but specialty training in the UK just likes to make people suffer for a month before saying actually you do have a training post...

But it doesn't matter, I'm starting anaesthetics training in August!!!

#anaesthetics #medblr #uk medblr #uk specialty training #help im going to be an anaesthetist

[skinn-1-b]

Things that I do to feel ✨aesthetic✨when romanticizing my ęd

Twirl my hair

Draw in classes and in public

Cute little drawings on receipts after paying

Baggy but flattering clothing 💕

Only eating a couple bites then intently listening to whomever I am with

Listening to music that makes me feel like the main character

Making lists on my notebooks I carry with me

Always having nice hand writing

Coffee in the morning, tea in the afternoon

Long sleeves under t-shirt look

Leg warmers

Simple makeup that looks half assed (trust me, smudgy looks good)

Beanies for cold days and when my roots are showing

Growing out my hair

Wearing clunky shoes

Redirecting attention to something else when I am hungry

Five bite rule

Aesthetic looking energy drinks and protein bar combos

Watching sunsets and sunrises

Watching fat acceptance videos and commenting something supportive (BP and FA hate this but it makes me feel good)

Listening to audiobooks

Journaling everything

Writing down quotes

Walking my dog like I’m on a runway

Working out with a nice water bottle and big head phones

NEVER purging, it’s not aesthetic

Eating pretty food

Taking pictures of what I am doing

#@na rules #disordered eating mention #tw ed sheeran #3ating d1sorder #notprojustusingthetags #anerexa #a4a diary #ana shit #i need to lose so much weight #annarexya #ana0rex1a #ana trigger #ana tumblr #ana thoughts #ana dairy #aesthetic #anaesthetics

[whumpy-daydreams]

General anaesthesia

Masterpost

General anaesthesia is a delicate art of killing you just enough that you can't remember anything, but not so much that you die. Pretty standard and we're quite good at it now with the help of some powerful drugs and plastic tubes.

Drugs

There's a separate post that will detail specific drugs and what they're for, this is just the types used for general anaesthesia

Induction agent - used to send you to sleep, a liquid drug (usually propofol) that goes through the cannula in your hand. A propofol infusion can be used to keep you asleep but this is less common

Muscle relaxant - keeps you from wiggling during surgery but more importantly suppresses your gag reflex, making it a lot easier to intubate you and keep you breathing

Volatile gases - a more common way of keeping you asleep. Anaesthetic drugs are made into a gas that you breathe in and keeps you sleepy. You're less likely to give someone too much of this vs a propofol infusion

Breathing tubes (non-graphic diagrams below)

We need these to make sure oxygen is going into your lungs and not going into your stomach instead

Endotracheal (ET) tube - gold standard airway, goes through the vocal chords and inflates to ensure a seal, preventing aspiration. You might have a sore throat after though

Laryngeal mask airway (LMA) - sits at the very back of your throat and inflates to make a seal (B and C in the image below)

Igel - like an LMA but it doesn't need to be inflated. Growing in use and popularity as an alternative to using LMAs (A in the image below)

We use tools to help put ET tubes in such as:

Laryngoscope - with or without a camera, it pulls back the epiglottis and allows you to see the vocal chords

Bougie - a flexible plastic rod that is easier to get through the vocal chords, and then the ET tube can be slid over the top

Once a tube is in place, it's secured with tape or a fabric tie, and we LIGHTLY tape down the eyes (we tend to use stickers designed for this to prevent damage to the eyelids).

When you're in theatre and connected to all the right machines the surgeon is free to do his bit.

Next up: local/regional anaesthesia

#brief guide to surgery #tw surgery #surgery #anaesthetics #whump #writers of tumblr

[anna-t-dote]

Obviously I was tired but slept through all my alarms and have not been there for my GP appointment phone call. I'm going to a special place in hell. But seriously I waited a fucking month. I'm completely out of meds and this is a THING. Kill me.

#personal #life #work #nhs #surgery #anaesthetics #healthcare #qualified life

[jan-silan]

want the shit that knocks me out to look nice, call that an-aesthetic

#jokes #anaesthetics

[bpod-bpod]

Better Blocker

Nerves blocked in regional anaesthesia – such as for hip and knee surgery – revealed using ultrasound-guided injection and contrast in cadavers. Insight for better pain relief

Read the published paper here

Image from work by Werner ten Hoope and Pascal S. H. Smulders, and colleagues

Department of Anesthesiology, Amsterdam UMC Location University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Video originally published with a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

Published in Scientific Reports, July 2023

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#science #biomedicine #cadaver #anaesthesia #anaesthetics #hip surgery #knee surgery #orthopedics #nerves #neuroscience

[londiniumlundene]

Anaesthesia Heritage Centre

A small but fascinating museum located in the Association of Anaesthetists’ headquarters, the Anaesthesia Heritage Centre traces the modern development of anaesthesia from the first successful use of diethyl ether in surgery in 1846, through to the present day, with a particular focus on the instruments, chemicals, and people involved in the history.

Medically-squeamish visitors may wish to avoid because of this, as the display showcases many masks, syringes, and other painful-looking implements used to induce or support anaesthesia. Pull-out draws contain yet more examples of the tools of the trade, with additional information booklets supporting the displays with more in-depth accounts of the machines and the biographies of member of the Association.

Particular highlights of the exhibition include John Snow’s 19th Century chloroform inhaler, and an ECG machine used in the treatment of King George VI, when he received his final lung operation at Buckingham Palace. There is also an interactive exhibit based around a hospital bed, allowing visitors to select nearby instruments and equipment and listen to audio account of their development and uses.

#london #uk #england #anaesthesia #anaesthetics #museums #heritage #centre #anaesthetists #association #surgery #ether #chloroform #instruments #equipment #medical #chemicals #masks #syringes #machines #biographies #inhaler #ECG #interactive #history #travel #tourism #lundene #londinium

[scotianostra]

On November 9th 1847 in Edinburgh, Sir James Young Simpson delivered Wilhelmina Carstairs while chloroform was administered to the mother, the first child to be born with the aid of anaesthesia.

James Young Simpson, the young professor of midwifery at the University of Edinburgh, became chairman of that department at age 28. He discovered the anesthetic properties of chloroform, while inhaling it with two colleagues and some family members in his dining room at 42 Queen Street, Edinburgh. Four days later he administered chloroform for a few minor operations, and the next day, November 9th, he performed the first delivery under chloroform.

He reported the details next day at a meeting of the Edinburgh Medico-Surgical Society and a few days later in two medical journals. The patient was an anxious young woman who had barely slept the two previous nights. Her first baby had been delivered by craniotomy after a three-day labour. She went into labour for the second child two weeks before her due date. Three and a half hours after the onset of her contractions, Simpson poured half a teaspoon of chloroform on a handkerchief rolled into a funnel and repeated that dose 10 to 12 minutes later. Twenty-five minutes after the onset of anesthesia, the unconscious mother delivered a healthy baby. When she awoke, she initially did not believe that she had given birth.

Legend said the grateful mother christened her child “Anaesthesia”; and Anaesthesia, when 17, sent her photograph to Simpson, who proudly placed it over his desk.  The source of that story seems to be Simpson’s biography published in 1896 by his daughter Eve, but Simpson  certainly never mentioned the fact in his abundant publications or correspondence.

The son of the “Chloroform Baby” disposed of that story in a 1948 letter he sent to the The Scotsman newspaper.  He explained that the mother had been Jane Carstairs, the wife of Dr. William Carstairs, a physician retired from the Indian Medical Service and living in Cupar, Fife. She had come to Edinburgh to be under Simpson’s care. Her child was baptized Wilhelmina on Christmas day, 1847.  Wilhelmina married in 1868 and died in 1910. “Anaesthesia” and “St. Anaesthesia” were affectionate nicknames Simpson had given the baby.

The origin of the photograph is controversial. In 1911, Alexander S. Simpson, J.Y. Simpson’s nephew and successor to the Chair of Midwifery, claimed that Wilhelmina had been photographed at the age of 17 by a Mr. Roger, and that the picture had been sent to James Young Simpson by his friend, Dr. John Adamson, of St. Andrews.  However, Douglas Guthrie, one of the organizers of the 1947 Simpson Centenary, quotes a letter (unfortunately without giving a date or an addressee) written by a Dr. R.O. Anderson who claimed that his father, Dr. John Anderson, had taken the photograph in 1860. Thus Wilhelmina at the time would have been 13, not 17 as claimed elsewhere.

#Scotland #scottish #medical history #anaesthetics #anaesthesia #chloroform #history #Edinburgh

[lilith2106anaemia]

Vou começar essa diet amanhã, segunda no caso.

Tenho até o meu aniversário, que é 1 de maio para atingir a meta.

Estou bem focada, tomara que eu consiga.

#ana e mia #anoréxica #ana e mia br #emagrecer #anaesthetics #anaemic #aesthetic

[anauro]

hello! i hope you're doing well :) i was going to put this in my ao3 comment, but decided to ask it here instead, i hope that's okay. i'm interested in this part of ch 20: 'Regulus flipped through the paperwork, suppressing a sigh as he realised Paddy left him to chart all the observations for the past two hours. If only he could print the script directly from the obs machine, like it was possible in Australia, his life would be much easier.'

(is it incredibly selfish of me to have been like 'australia? im from australia!!' lol)

what does charting the obs look like when done manually? also, is printing scripts from the machine directly something medically advanced that australia has, or is the uk just lagging behind? the uk is far ahead of us in many medical aspects, including treating addictions (but we have just implemented a free take-home naloxone program australia-wide, so that's an improvement!), but are there other aspects where other countries, including australia, are ahead? do you know much about the difference in what western medicine looks like across different countries, particularly compared to the uk?

i'm sorry for the influx of questions askdjh

thanks for the incredible update, i enjoyed it muchly! <3

Hi possum! 💛

I added thé Australia bit specifically for you, I’m glad you picked up on it haha!

So anaesthetists have to chart patients obs (heart rate, blood pressure, temperature), the amount of drugs used and the ventilator settings hourly during the whole procedure. Obviously most do it every few hours or so and the data is stored on the machines and tbh, anaesthetists don’t usually do much more besides that. If it’s a complex procedure and patients go to ICU afterwards, they put all the lines in, but if it’s something simple like gallbladder removal or most of urological procedures, then they spend most of the time just chilling.

My friend’s fiancé worked in Australia and she told me that the machines there just print directly onto patient’s chart so anaesthetists there really don’t have to do much at all.

In terms of other differences between countries…. I’m not sure, tbh. I’m meeting my friend in September who is doing paediatrics in Melbourne so I can ask her then, but so far from what she told me, UK is more advanced. I think doctors in Australia and NZ step up into senior roles much faster as well.

The rest of the differences I know are mostly anecdotes and it’s such a wide topic too! But if you have any specific questions, I can try answer them 😊

#roc answers #medicine #anaesthetics #personal #australian possum tag

[takingthebitterpill]

WHO IS TELLING THE NEW FY1s THAT IT'S OKAY TO JUST CALL THE ANAESTHETIST FOR CANNULAS IF THEY CAN'T DO IT WITHOUT ESCALATING?!

Tell me. Tell me now. I won't do anything...

#cannulas #anaesthetics #changeover #medicine #medic #uk medblr #medblr

[help-im-a-medstudent]

I saw in your bio that you're an aspiring anaesthesiologist

Do you know the story behind the discovery of anaesthesia? It's really interesting and dramatic, if you don't know it you should definitely look it up

Hi anon! I do know a bit about it although probably not as much as I should haha.

Also this has made me realise i should change my bio because I've actually started anaesthetics training now! (Although unfortunately that means I have to get through a year of acute med and A&E first before I actually get into the anaesthetics properly)

#medblr #medicine #anaesthetics #anaesthesia #anon #answers #help im a doctor