En Boston, William Thomas Green Morton utilizó por primera ocasión anestesia general inhalada que administró a un paciente del Hospital General de Massachusetts. Este célebre evento sucedió el 16 de Octubre de 1846 y marcó un avance de la Humanidad en su lucha contra el dolor. Thomas Morton suministró la primer anestesia inhalatoria con éter al paciente Edward Gilbert Abbott, quien fue operado por el Dr. John C. Warren. Para recordar este importante dato histórico es que cada año celebramos el 16 de Octubre como el Día Internacional del Anestesiólogo.
La anestesiología es una ciencia dinámica, de alto riesgo, con un grado de dificultad variable, que requiere de conocimientos sólidos y actualizados en diversas disciplinas, una mente ágil combinada con una actitud de resolución rápida, mezclada con destrezas manuales para múltiples técnicas que se aplican tanto en los pacientes sanos, como en los casos graves, y de todas las edades. Estas características especiales hacen que los anestesiólogos estemos en constante actualización profesional, combinando talleres con la lectura de las innovaciones recientes, asistencia a cursos, congresos y otras actividades de educación continuada. Esta intensa actividad profesional nos predispone a la búsqueda de la excelencia, meta que se debe de renovar día con día para ser competitivos y ejercer la anestesiología con un alto nivel de profesionalismo, donde estén representados una elevada calidad de atención y el respeto absoluto a los valores humanos.
Hoy en día las cosas han cambiado en nuestro entorno profesional; no solo debemos ejercer correctamente, sino debemos estar alertas de los riesgos profesionales a los que estamos expuestos como la contaminación de los quirófanos, exposición a radiaciones, posibilidad de adicción a drogas, suicidio, neoplasias, síndrome de fatiga, divorcios y otros peligros potenciales que nos pueden dañar.
Sin duda ha valido la pena dedicarse a la anestesiología, pero es prudente hacer un alto en el camino y pensar sobre nosotros mismos, hacer un análisis inteligente de nuestros logros, de nuestra vida profesional y familiar, y orientar nuestras metas para ser mejores anestesiólogos, mejores seres humanos.
!FELICIDADES por haber elegido a la anestesiología como su meta profesional, como parte importante de su vida!
In Boston, William Thomas Green Morton used for the first time inhaled general anesthesia in a patient at Massachusetts General Hospital. This famous event happened on October 16, 1846 and marked an advancement of humankind in its fight against pain. Thomas Morton provided the first anesthesia with ether to Edward Gilbert Abbott, who was operated by John C. Warren MD. To commemorate this important historical event is that every year we celebrate October 16 as the International Day of the anesthesiologist.
Anesthesiology is a dynamic science, with a very high risk, a varying degree of difficulty, which requires knowledge in various disciplines, asharp mind combined with an attitude of quick resolution, mixed with multiple technical skills in order to apply both in healthy patients and in severe cases of all ages. These special features make anesthesiologists to seek for a constant professional updating, combining reading workshops with recent innovations, attending courses, conferences and other continuing medical education activities. This intense professional activity predisposes us to the pursuit of excellence, a goal that must be renewed every day to be competitive, with a high level of professionalism, which is represented by high quality of care and respect to all human values.
Today things have changed in our specialty environment, we must not only act properly, but we must be aware of the many risks to which we are exposed every day; contamination of operating rooms, radiation exposure, drug addiction, suicide, neoplasm, fatigue syndrome, divorce and many other potential hazards that can harm us.
It has certainly been worth engaging in anesthesiology, but it is wise to make a stop along the way and think about ourselves, make an intelligent analysis of our accomplishments, our work and family life, and guide our goals to be better anesthesiologists, better human beings.
! CONGRATULATIONS for choosing anesthesiology as your career and as an important part of your life!
Administración de anestesia segura a las personas más pobres del mundo
Delivering safe anaesthesia to the world's poorest people
http://www.safe4all.org.uk/
Experiencias cercanas a la muerte entre la ciencia y el prejuicio.
Near-death experiences between science and prejudice.
Facco E, Agrillo C.
Department of Neurosciences, University of Padova Padova, Italy.
Front Hum Neurosci. 2012;6:209. Epub 2012 Jul 18.
Abstract
Science exists to refute dogmas; nevertheless, dogmas may be introduced when undemonstrated scientific axioms lead us to reject facts incompatible with them. Several studies have proposed psychobiological interpretations of near-death experiences (NDEs), claiming that NDEs are a mere byproduct of brain functions gone awry; however, relevant facts incompatible with the ruling physicalist and reductionist stance have been often neglected. The awkward transcendent look of NDEs has deep epistemological implications, which call for: (a) keeping a rigorously neutral position, neither accepting nor refusing anything a priori; and (b) distinguishing facts from speculations and fallacies. Most available psychobiological interpretations remain so far speculations to be demonstrated, while brain disorders and/or drug administration in critical patients yield a well-known delirium in intensive care and anesthesia, the phenomenology of which is different from NDEs. Facts can be only true or false, never paranormal. In this sense, they cannot be refused a priori even when they appear implausible with respect to our current knowledge: any other stance implies the risk of turning knowledge into dogma and the adopted paradigm into a sort of theology.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3399124/pdf/fnhum-06-00209.pdf
Atentamente
Anestesiología y Medicina del Dolor
www.anestesia-dolor.org
La anestesiología es una ciencia dinámica, de alto riesgo, con un grado de dificultad variable, que requiere de conocimientos sólidos y actualizados en diversas disciplinas, una mente ágil combinada con una actitud de resolución rápida, mezclada con destrezas manuales para múltiples técnicas que se aplican tanto en los pacientes sanos, como en los casos graves, y de todas las edades. Estas características especiales hacen que los anestesiólogos estemos en constante actualización profesional, combinando talleres con la lectura de las innovaciones recientes, asistencia a cursos, congresos y otras actividades de educación continuada. Esta intensa actividad profesional nos predispone a la búsqueda de la excelencia, meta que se debe de renovar día con día para ser competitivos y ejercer la anestesiología con un alto nivel de profesionalismo, donde estén representados una elevada calidad de atención y el respeto absoluto a los valores humanos.
Hoy en día las cosas han cambiado en nuestro entorno profesional; no solo debemos ejercer correctamente, sino debemos estar alertas de los riesgos profesionales a los que estamos expuestos como la contaminación de los quirófanos, exposición a radiaciones, posibilidad de adicción a drogas, suicidio, neoplasias, síndrome de fatiga, divorcios y otros peligros potenciales que nos pueden dañar.
Sin duda ha valido la pena dedicarse a la anestesiología, pero es prudente hacer un alto en el camino y pensar sobre nosotros mismos, hacer un análisis inteligente de nuestros logros, de nuestra vida profesional y familiar, y orientar nuestras metas para ser mejores anestesiólogos, mejores seres humanos.
!FELICIDADES por haber elegido a la anestesiología como su meta profesional, como parte importante de su vida!
In Boston, William Thomas Green Morton used for the first time inhaled general anesthesia in a patient at Massachusetts General Hospital. This famous event happened on October 16, 1846 and marked an advancement of humankind in its fight against pain. Thomas Morton provided the first anesthesia with ether to Edward Gilbert Abbott, who was operated by John C. Warren MD. To commemorate this important historical event is that every year we celebrate October 16 as the International Day of the anesthesiologist.
Anesthesiology is a dynamic science, with a very high risk, a varying degree of difficulty, which requires knowledge in various disciplines, asharp mind combined with an attitude of quick resolution, mixed with multiple technical skills in order to apply both in healthy patients and in severe cases of all ages. These special features make anesthesiologists to seek for a constant professional updating, combining reading workshops with recent innovations, attending courses, conferences and other continuing medical education activities. This intense professional activity predisposes us to the pursuit of excellence, a goal that must be renewed every day to be competitive, with a high level of professionalism, which is represented by high quality of care and respect to all human values.
Today things have changed in our specialty environment, we must not only act properly, but we must be aware of the many risks to which we are exposed every day; contamination of operating rooms, radiation exposure, drug addiction, suicide, neoplasm, fatigue syndrome, divorce and many other potential hazards that can harm us.
It has certainly been worth engaging in anesthesiology, but it is wise to make a stop along the way and think about ourselves, make an intelligent analysis of our accomplishments, our work and family life, and guide our goals to be better anesthesiologists, better human beings.
! CONGRATULATIONS for choosing anesthesiology as your career and as an important part of your life!
Administración de anestesia segura a las personas más pobres del mundo
Delivering safe anaesthesia to the world's poorest people
http://www.safe4all.org.uk/
Experiencias cercanas a la muerte entre la ciencia y el prejuicio.
Near-death experiences between science and prejudice.
Facco E, Agrillo C.
Department of Neurosciences, University of Padova Padova, Italy.
Front Hum Neurosci. 2012;6:209. Epub 2012 Jul 18.
Abstract
Science exists to refute dogmas; nevertheless, dogmas may be introduced when undemonstrated scientific axioms lead us to reject facts incompatible with them. Several studies have proposed psychobiological interpretations of near-death experiences (NDEs), claiming that NDEs are a mere byproduct of brain functions gone awry; however, relevant facts incompatible with the ruling physicalist and reductionist stance have been often neglected. The awkward transcendent look of NDEs has deep epistemological implications, which call for: (a) keeping a rigorously neutral position, neither accepting nor refusing anything a priori; and (b) distinguishing facts from speculations and fallacies. Most available psychobiological interpretations remain so far speculations to be demonstrated, while brain disorders and/or drug administration in critical patients yield a well-known delirium in intensive care and anesthesia, the phenomenology of which is different from NDEs. Facts can be only true or false, never paranormal. In this sense, they cannot be refused a priori even when they appear implausible with respect to our current knowledge: any other stance implies the risk of turning knowledge into dogma and the adopted paradigm into a sort of theology.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3399124/pdf/fnhum-06-00209.pdf
Atentamente
Anestesiología y Medicina del Dolor
www.anestesia-dolor.org
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