Essays on Anesthetics

Introduction

The title of the brochure selected for this particular report is Speak Up: Anesthesia and Sedation published in 2015 with an intention of highlighting key issues associated with the administering of anesthetics and sedatives. The brochure seeks to provide patients, intending to go for surgical procedures, with information on the usage of anesthetics and sedatives, which are common in the health care system during surgical procedures. The Joint Commission (2015) indicates that health workers in the United States alone administer approximately 40 million anesthetics annually. The figure may be higher depending on the number of patients intending to go ...

A “salary bumping game” involves skilled professions whose number within a community is limited. This, therefore, means that the supply of such labor is restricted. The game starts when a group of these employees in one organization come up together and start pressuring the organization to increase their pay (McConnell, 2012). These employees can be represented by an advocate or the head of the department. For example, an anesthesiologist can represent nurse anesthetics in their bid to pressure the organization to increase their pay. According to my view, salary bumping is a professional practice as it gives the employees ...

Surgical Anesthesia

Pharmacology and Indications Licocaine Licocaine is a type of medication used with an aim of numbing tissues and nerves within a given area of the body, which provides that anesthetic effect for the body. The most popular brand names for this particular drug are xylocaine and lignocaine. Some of the common effects associated with this particular medication include drowsiness, muscle twitching, nausea, and confusion (1). The severity of the side effects depends wholly on a patient’s reaction to the chemical composition of the drug. Regarding its mode of action, licocaine works by blocking the voltage-gated Na+ channels, which ...