Team 6-4 enjoyed a fascinating presentation on anesthesiology. Dr. Deborah Reich of Newton-Wellesley Hospital and the mother of Maddy, explained how anesthesiology works and how she became an anesthesiologist. She described the process doctors use to reduce pain during medical procedures and demonstrated several techniques used by anesthesiologists.
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| Dr. Reich demonstrates how to find a vein. |
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| Dr. Reich demonstrates how an IV works. |
What an interesting presentation. I felt very comforted to know how carefully everything is checked.
ReplyDeleteMr. B.
Mr B,
DeleteHopefully when you have surgery you will be comforted knowing that there are checks in place.
It was so cool to see all the devices an anesthesiologist uses. I didn't know that oxygen masks for children are flavored! Thanks so much for taking time out of your busy schedule to come for a visit.
ReplyDeleteMs. Sullivan,
DeleteIt was a pleasure to speak to Team 6-4!
Thank you so much for coming into our class. Your presentation was really interesting. What flavors do the children masks have? Before timeouts was it often that people had the wrong surgery? Why were the different masks different colors? Has anyone ever fainted before surgery? I feel safe knowing that there are time outs and proper precisions done before a surgery. Thanks again for coming in.
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Thanks for your thoughtful response and questions Aly!
DeleteThere are many flavors, but some of the popular ones are bubble gum and grape.
The colors correspond to the different sizes.
It was not a common occurence for the wrong surgery to have been performed but I believe that the timeout will make a big difference in avoiding such a problem in the future.
People definetly faint sometimes-especially when we are starting their IV's. Thankfully Margalit didnt when we were demonstrating the technique :)
Dr Reich
Thank you for coming in and telling us about anesthesiologist.
ReplyDeleteI never knew that anesthesiologist was even a job.
what's your favorite thing you like about your job?
Is there different type of the of the same medicine like you have one type for babies, one type for kids, and one type for adults?
It was cool what types devices you use on a person.
-Ella S
I like so many things about my job, its hard to choose one. One thing I really like is that I get to interact with all kinds of patients-young, old; male, female; healthy, sick; and also that I get to see babies born!!
DeleteI am glad you enjoyed the presentation.
Dr Reich
Thank you for coming in to our class and telling us about what an anesthesiologist does. I've always wondered what an anesthesiologist does. I find it very interesting and I like how hospitals have their doctors perform a timeout to get to know their patient. Would it be dangerous do give amnesia to a person with asthma? What about if the person was in danger and could have diarrhea? Also would you give someone amnesia if they where pregnant while they have a disease? Lastly, would it be dangerous to operate on someone who was intoxicated with eclampsia while delivering a baby by cesarean section?
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Now you know what an anesthesologist does!
DeleteThanks for the thoughtful questions.
thank you for teaching us about anesthesiology
ReplyDeleteYou are welcome, Dennis
DeleteThank you for coming into our classroom and telling us about your wonderful job as an anestesiologist. I was a very informative presentation. I really liked that you brought so many things from your job so we could see them. I learned so much about an anestesiologist like that you have to give the patients timeouts before you operate on them. It's really amazing how you can get to know the patient in that little time. Did you ever have the wrong patient and noticed after the operation? Have you ever given the wrong anestesia to the wrong person? How many ways are ther togive anestesia to a person? Thanks again!!
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Thankfully, we have never mixed up our pateints...but it has happened.
DeleteThank you so much for coming in and giving us such a wonderful presentation on anesthesiology! I learned a lot of amazing things I never knew about before such as time outs and novocaine. I also learned about what an anesthesiologists job involved. My prior understanding of an anesthesiologist was a broad shouldered doctor in a white vest holding a large syringe with an unnecessarily wide(and sharp) needle. I often got scared at the very mention of them, turning pale at the very thought of the associated nociceptive pain of having a needle stuck in your skin. Now, I understand that most of the procedure is painless and may even be considered pleasant. I once received a large dose of novocaine that numbed my entire mouth for irregular tooth removal "surgery". It took about 2 minutes and was relatively painless, except when I got home I was a cryin' with a wounded tone(for, the novocaine had worn off before it was supposed to). I have never gotten real anesthesia(the kind where you're put to sleep) ever before, but I imagine it must be scary. I think that it's very good that anesthesiologists perform acute amnesia on the patient, or they'd be up with nightmares for weeks on end. What drove you to be an anesthesiologist? Was it instinct, was it the drive to help patients cope with surgery, or was it because you liked to help people with pain management? For any reason you chose it, I'm sure that it is an exciting job with many surprises along the way. I hear that you had 14(?) years of training before becoming an anesthesiologist, and before you were interested in nature and ecology. Well, I sure think that's a long time to be educated. Something I also found interesting were "time outs". I wonder how many time outs you usually do per patient. What was the rate of mistreatment before time outs? What is it now? I'm guessing that it's significantly lower. The last interesting thing was your talk on c-sections and epidermals (Is it Epidermals?). I once heard of cesarean sections in an episode of contemporary pediatrics. Did you say that obese patients are hard to treat? Well that's another good reason besides diabetes that you shouldn't become excessively fat. Obese is my favorite word. I use it more times in my daily life than words like thanks, please, and book. Thank you again for coming, and have a nice rest of your stem career!!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for coming in and telling us all about your job! I have a couple questions. I agree with Aly, before there were timeouts did people often get the wrong surgery? And did that lead to other medical problems? Or were the timeouts just invented so you would get the wrong surgery, just in case? Were the masks different colors so you could tell the size apart, and how would the flavors from the mask be smelled by the person getting the surgery, what were the flavors again, and if the person was asleep, then what is the point of the flavors? how did people manage without anesthesiologists before the job was invented? And was there even surgery before an anesthesiologist was invented (or the job was thought of? Or there was someone who tried to relieve the pain? Or there was something that tried to relieve the pain, which turned into a whole other job?)? How did the person getting the surgery fall asleep? Or was there something to make the person fall asleep, but no pain reliever? Why do you need a pain reliever if you already in a deep sleep, or will the pain wake you up? And how does the anesthesia gas get from your mouth/windpipe into your body, and how does it stop the pain? Anyway, I really enjoyed learning about an anesthesiologist and I'm actually thinking of being one! Thank you so much for coming!
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Great questions Annie,
DeleteYes there have been mishaps so the TO was stareted to avoid them in the future. I do not know the statistics but it would make sense that they are less likely to occur with a TO.
They are masks are scented so that the process of going to sleep for children is more pleasant.
pain relief is for when you wake up so you will be as comfortable as possible.
The anesthesia gases are absorbed through the lungs.
I hope you wil choose a craeer in anesthesia, it is a great job!!!!
Thank you so much for coming to our class and telling us about your job as an anesthesiologist, I really enjoyed learning about your job. Also, we have an element of the year project which is lots of fun. I got the element oxygen. Thanks for telling interesting facts about oxygen, I haven't even known how much oxygen was in air until you came. I learned that before doing a surgery to a person, you have to talk to him and see if all the information was correct, and if the person you are going to perform surgery on is the right person.
ReplyDeleteI never knew there was a job as an anesthesiologist, I thought this is a great job.Also I didn't know and I was also amazed how so many plastic was wasted after one operation.
Again,
Thanks for coming,
Keren Bobilev
Thank you for your comments Keren.
DeleteDear Dr. Reich,
ReplyDeleteNow I know what you do in full depth! it felt weird knowing that your my mom, and I barely knew anything about your job. I thought it was really cool that the masks you put on the kids, were scented. Yum! Something that I didn't even know existed, was time-outs. I guess it makes sense, because if you had the wrong patient, that would not turn out very well. I got really scared when you were demonstrating how to start an IV on Margalit, because I thought you were going to stick a needle in her! It's also really cool that after the surgery. the patients don't remember anything. Maybe you can teach me more later!
Your kid,
Maddy
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DeleteThank you so much for coming! I really enjoyed your presentation. And I also liked learning about your STEM career, it was really interesting thanx again!
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My pleasure Kenzie
DeleteThank you for coming to our class and telling us about anesthesiology. It was really fun and cool to learn about your job. Thank you for coming!
ReplyDelete-Samantha
Glad you enjoyed my presentation, Samantha
DeleteThank you so much for coming in to our class and teaching us about anesthesiology! I learned so much cool things. I have never had a surgery so I didn't know what the hospital did with patients before the surgery. I learned that you check to make sure it's the right patient first, then you try to talk with them and make them not feel so nervous. I also learned about all the gases you give to the patient through the scented masks. I found your whole presentation extremely interesting. I also found the equipment you showed us very interesting. I learned so much. Thanks again for coming in! -Willen
ReplyDeleteMy pleasure, Willen.
Deletethank you for coming in and teaching us about anesthrsiology. before then i have never heard about it beforr thank-you
ReplyDeletejared
You're welcome, Jared.
DeleteDr. Reich,
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for teaching us about your job, an anesthesiologist. I learned so much about what it takes to perform surgery and what anesthesiologists/surgeons do. The presentation was really educational and fun to listen to. Your job seems like an exciting one to have! Thanks again,
~Bella
Anesthesiology is an exciting profession!
DeleteThanks for coming into our class and teaching us about your STEM career. It was cool to see all of the equipment that you use when your working. I didn't know that after an operation, the patients don't remember anything. I never knew how much preparation it took to get a patient ready for a surgery. Your job seems really interesting, and I'm glad that you came in to tell us about your career. Thanks again! -
ReplyDeleteThanks, Nola.
DeleteThanks for teaching coming in and teaching our team explaining about anesthesiology. I now really understand the process of an operation. I am sort of worried, too, what if I had a big operation, and no one told me? Thanks again,
ReplyDelete~Ronit
Hi Ronit,
DeleteYOu would know if you were having a big operation :)
Thank you for coming! I really liked your presentation! I really liked this field!
ReplyDelete-Daniel D.
Daniel,
DeleteGlad you enjoyed my presentation.
Dear Maddie's mom,
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for coming to team 6-4 and talking about your stem career. It was very interesting. I had never herd of anesthesiology before so it was really cool learning about it for the first time. I was think about becoming an anesthesiologist when i get older but i don't like needles so you think that there are jobs like an anesthesiologist that don't involve needles? I also thought it was really cool how you have the oxygen masks for the babies that smell like a flavor because the regular smell smells bad for them. I also have another question. Do your building really throw away all of the materials each day because that is a lot of waste that is bad for the environment? Thank you once again for coming!!!!!!!
From,
-Lexi
Its not that bad as long as the needles aren't for you!!
DeleteThank you for coming.it was great having you here.I might look in to your job sometime. thanks.
ReplyDeleteJariana,
DeleteIts a great job to consider.
Thank you so much for coming to our class and telling us all about what you do! I didn't even know that there was such a thing as an anesthesiologist much less what they did. I learned that pure oxygen actually doesn't kill you and is actually good for you. But I still have some questions. What happens if while you are having the first time out you find out that you have the wrong patient? how young was your youngest patient? If the patient is unconscious do you still use pain killers? if you don't will the patient wake up because of the pain? or will the anesthetics keep the patient unconscious? Before there was such a thing as anesthesiology did some doctors do the anesthetics and the other things an anesthesiologist does or did some nurse do it? how firmly do you need to hold the mask on a patients face? Is there a way to tell the different sized masks other then size? when do you put the patient to sleep right before the opperation or a few minutes? how many years total of school did you have again? do you use needles a lot or only sometimes? Anyway i loved your presentation and found anesthesiology extremely awesome and want to tell you "that was awesome!!!" thanks for coming to our class!
ReplyDelete-Kevin Lin
thank you coming and I never knew about anesthesiology.
ReplyDelete~Leah
Thank you so much for coming to our class and teaching us about anesthesia. I really enjoyed your presentation. I thought your career is very interesting and I will definitely think of an anesthesiologist as a future career. Thanks Again!
ReplyDeleteJack
Dear Dr. Reich,
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for coming to talk to our class about anesthesiology. It was fasinating to learn about a new kind of doctor job other than an OBGYN. I feel a little less scared about surgery, if i ever have to get it. I think it is a very good idea to do the time out. I also learned that you give different flavors in the mask to kids sometimes. If I was a kid i know I wouldn't chose grape. I also thought it was really cool to see the different kinds of equipment. And I wouldn't want to remember getting operated on so I think that is a good thing.
Once again, thank you so much,
Ella P.
THANK YOU FOR COMING YOUR JOB SOUNDS VERY INTERESTING TERRENCE
ReplyDeleteThank you for coming to our classroom. I think it's really neat how you use gas masks to help people sleep during procedures.
ReplyDeletemax
Thank you so very much for coming to our class and teaching us about anesthesiology. It's very interesting how you give the patients amnesia so that they don't even remember anything that happened. Thank you again for coming to our class!
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Mrs.Reich,
ReplyDeleteThank you for coming to team 6 4 on that day. I learned a lot about your job. I now know how my mom had the c section by getting a shot in her spine with the pain reliever. I also learned how you use the amnesia with the patients. It must take a lot of work for giving the medicine to patients and doing the surgery without waking them up. It's funny how the patients wake up and expect that they are going to have the surgery while they have already gone through it.
It was a great learning experience! And again, thank you for coming!
- Colin
Thanks for coming!
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Thank you so much for coming in and teachimg us about what you do I thought your presentation was very interesting and informative. Thanks again for coming in.
ReplyDelete-Drew
Thank you so much for coming i really enjoyed learning about your job. It was really cool!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteThank you for coming into our class to teach us about anesthesiology. It was really interesting learning about all that goes on before surgery. The demonstration on finding a vein was kind of scary, though. Thanks again!
ReplyDelete-Margalit
Sorry that I scared you Margalit :)
Deletethanks for coming in! your presentation was thoughtful and informative. i really liked it. thank you for coming in!
ReplyDeletesuki
Thank you for coming to our class and telling us about your anesthesiology.It seems like a very interesting job.
ReplyDelete-Donya
Thanks for coming even though i got a bit freaked out about the shots and needles, I enjoyed learning about anesthesiology.But all together even though it was very fun too.the deminstration and what happened during surgery is very cool.You taught me a whole lot about anesthesiology and plus I never knew there were such thing as a anesthegiologist,i thought there were only surgeon (the one who did the surgery.I hope you enjoyed teaching us about anesthesiology
ReplyDeleteThank you for coming to Oak Hill and telling use about your job. I learned all these new things that I never knew that excited like 100% oxygen. I even learned some stuff about from what my mom and dad do. So I now know if I ever want segery, I won't feel a thing.
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Thank you so much for coming to our class and teaching us about your career in anesthesiology. It was amazing to learn about the things you do, like "time out" and how you need to do time outs so you know you have the right person and the right operation. I thought it was so cool that you have different masks for different ages. How big are the baby ones? Do you ever have to buy special ones for very large or very small people? Do you still do time outs if it is a n emergency situation and the person getting surgery needs immediate treatment? Do women going into labor need to go to sleep or just go numb? What is your favorite age or type of person to treat? Have you ever treated a famous person? And if you have, who and why? What is your favorite thing about your job? Do you like to give people anesthesia? I thought your presentation was extremely interesting and it's really incredible what you do. Thanks again for coming into our class!
ReplyDeleteSincerely,
Darby W.
Ms. Reich,
ReplyDeleteYour presentation was wonderful! I loved hearing about your job as an anesthesiologist. I never knew about how you do "time-outs" before you treat a patient. I've actually been given anesthesia twice in my life, the first one having no taste when I was 3 and the second one which was cherry flavored when I was 10 or 11. I really enjoyed learning about anesthesiology. Thank you so much for teaching us about it!
-Bobby L.
Thank you so much for coming to our class to teach us what anesthesiology is.I enjoyed the whole thing.-Mahajah
ReplyDeleteThank you for coming in to my class to talk about your job it sounds interesting and fun and enjoyable I enjoyed your talk very much.
ReplyDelete- Dan B