Cutting edge, revolutionary, amazing, are all words to describe Dr. Redmond Burke at his profession, pediatric cardio thoracic surgeon. He recognizes the responsibility of holding a child’s heart in his hands and loves every second of it. “The babies hearts are like snowflakes, they are never the same” he quoted. These incredible healers treat with special care to fix both congenital and acquired heart problems in children. (LifeSpy) Pediatric heart surgeons have the best knowledge and experience to help a child with heart problems, due to the vigorous years of training that are required for this profession. To start a high school diploma is required, then at least 4 years of medical school. One year of surgical internship at a hospital, then a five-year general surgery residency program, a 2-3 year cardiothoracic residency program with at least 6 months of specializing in pediatric care. Next, is an additional years of training in pediatric heart surgery. Finally, to become more specialized in their field, pediatric cardiothoracic surgeons spend their 1st 1-2 years after training serving on the staff of a major pediatric heart center (Heathlychildren.org). Complex and difficult procedures are preformed as a daily routine. Surgeries such as heart, lung transplants, cardiac shunting, tracheal surgery, video assisted thoracic surgery, aortic repair, open repair of arterial aneurysm, and open cardiac cauterization (Healthgrades.com). Along with saving lives, they are also lost. The surgeons have to deal with emotionally straining situations with children. Also, children can’t always say what’s bothering them and require care of a highly trained team of specialists trained to fit their needs (HealtyChildren.org).
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Burke has had many teachers and coaches; one that pushed him to be revolutionary in medicine was Dr. Castanada. During Burkes training Castanada encouraged him to explore the possibilities of using endoscopic surgical techniques, and/ or designing instruments, and more surgical techniques (Spokeo.com). Through trail and error Burke accomplished the 1st endoscopic vascular ring division, the 1st diaphragm plication, and the 1st thoracic duct ligation. On top of contributing priceless techniques to the surgical field, Burke is the founder of the Congenital Heart Institute of Miami Children’s Hospital and the Arnold Palmer Hospital.
Dr. Redmond Burke is a family man and at the same time a respected pediatric cardio-thoracic surgery. Burke exemplifies the perfect surgeon, he is caring talented, compassionate, and award-worthy.
In 1615 at the age of 37 Harvey became the Lumleian Lecture specializing in Surgery. William Harvey discovered his finding of the Circulation of Blood by ignoring medical textbooks and dissecting animals. He gained all or most of his learnings from observations of cutting open veins and arteries of living animals. Many people of this modern time thought because there weren’t any anesthetics that Harvey was cruel for cutting open living animals. I think that if it wasn’t for William Harvey and all of his studies and dissections that we wouldn’t be able to learn teach and save as many people as we can today. We as people have learned a lot from the many studies and dissections throughout Harvey’s lifetime. We have learned that blood, arteries, and veins are all within the same origin, blood in the arteries sent to the tissues are not stay there, the body‘s circulation mechanism was designed for the movement of liquid and that blood carrying air is still blood, the heart moves all movements of blood not the liver, hearts contract the same time as the pulse is felt, ventricle’s squeeze blood into main arteries, the pulse is formed by blood being pushed into arteries making them bigger, there are no vessels in the heart’s septum, lastly there is no to in from of blood in the veins there is only
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Among the sterile field of the cardiac catheter laboratory, a student is observing over a cardiologist’s head while a surgical technician narrates their role in the standard ablation. This is just one of the many pivotal experiences that a student in Liberty High School’s Allied Health CTE program can expect. The student is on a path made available by the Western Maricopa Education Center and, if followed properly, that student can expect to graduate high school as a skilled worker in the medical field. Allied Health is just a small portion of a much bigger picture that provides ever growing opportunities to high school students prior to graduation.
Dr. Daniel Hale Williams III major accomplishment and rewards are that he was a pioneering surgeon best known for executing in 1893 one of the world's first successful open heart surgeries. In 1893, executed the second documented successful pericardium surgery to repair a wound. He also establish Provident Hospital, the first non-segregated hospital in the United States. In 2002, scholar Molefi Kete Asante recognized Daniel Hale Williams on his list of 100 Greatest African Americans.
The guiding principle, being utilitarianism, is to act in the way which will always produce the maximum overall amount of goodness in the world. The basic purpose of morality is making the world a much better place to live in (Hinman, 2014). Morality is also about producing some good consequences and not having any kind of good intension. It also states that we should be doing whatever brings the maximum benefit (intrinsic value) to the entire humanity.
When it comes to educating children and parents about their child’s surgery or illness, it is important to remember the child’s age. A child and parent do not understand the same terms. For example, when referring to a stretcher a child may think it will stretch them out, a child life specialist may refer to a stretcher as a bed on wheels for children who may not understand this term. There are many child life specialists who go through every detail in an office with
Surgeon Research Paper My career is a surgeon to become a surgeon you have to complete four years of college in the medical field from colleges like • Caribbean Medical University School of Medicine • Harvard Medical School • University of California San Francisco • Perelman School of Medicine ( University of Pennsylvania) • Johns Hopkins School of Medicine • UW School of Medicine • UNC School of Medicine • Stanford School of Medicine • Mayo Medical School • Pittsburgh School of Medicine Surgeons are doctors with highly specialized training they perform many different surgeries. Deformities and problems caused by injury or accidents and others like Neurosurgery that involves the brain, nerves, spinal cord. A surgeon’s income can range from $100,000 to $500,000 a year or more.
I have been in healthcare for about 6 years now. I started off as a nutritionist in a hospital setting, working with patients of all health statuses. I worked closely with doctors to determine what meal plan would best suit each patient. I went to work day after day to meet a new group of patients who were previously admitted the night before; very rarely did I work long term with one particular patient. Although I enjoyed helping people change their eating habits and educating them on how to better their health, at the end of the day I felt like there was something missing; I wanted more.
Victor Chang was “an outstanding surgeon and an outstanding thinker - a very original thinker” as said by the chairman of the Heart-Lung Institute at St Vincent’s. For those of you who have no idea of who he is, he basically began the modern era of heart transplantation.
Tayt Andersen is an 8 year old boy from Rigby, Idaho, but he isn’t like all the other little kids in Rigby. Tayt was born without the left side of his heart. And, at just seven years old, he has had nine open-heart surgeries, twenty-four shunt revision surgeries, and three other life-saving surgeries. He has been Life Flighted ten times, flat-lined six times, and has spent more than three-fourths of his life in hospital beds at Primary Children’s Hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah. (Embree)
I had known for years that I wanted to work in the health care field, but I always believed it would be as a doctor. I watched for the first few years of my brother’s life as he struggled with different health challenges such as being born premature, having croup and breathing difficulty, and speech impairment. Watching my brother struggle and then being able to overcome these difficulties, as well as seeing other children around him who were not as fortunate, really pushed me even at a young age to make a difference. My family, both immediate and extended, were very supportive, and I felt a real positive push towards working hard to achieve that goal of working in health care. In high school, I was fortunate enough to do a cooperative placement at the Peterborough Regional Health Center’s Intensive Care Unit. Through observing rounds and being in the medical setting, I truly knew this is where I wanted to
There are many leaders in the United States today. These men and women help to form the nation into what it is today and what it will be in the future. One of these important leaders of the United States is the Surgeon General. The Surgeon General has many responsibilities and priorities that form our nation’s Public Health System. These responsibilities and priorities of the Surgeon General will be explained throughout this paper.
I can tell you that Dr. D is a pioneer in the field of heart surgery. His work saw the first artificial heart from the drawing board to the operating table. I can tell you facts because I actually looked them up for a high school English paper back in the day when papers weren't about insight, but rather people and places and all those objective matters. I wrote to Dr. D and got a form letter and a whole bunch of information about his life and trials that they send to other freaks who want to be cardiothoracic surgeons at one point or another. I still have that information somewhere, tucked away with the caduceus my brother bought me when I graduated from high school and entered college as a pre-med student.
Since I am intrigued by the children’s personalities, I love spending time with them (and that’s why their child-like ways rub off on me). Thus, I believe that my own childish personality and my love of children will motivate me in the near future to help them out with their medical needs. Also, being a pediatrician and helping out children has its own rewards. Not only will I be doing something I enjoy, but I will be getting paid a generous price as well. A pediatrician’s salary is not the highest compared to surgeons or cardiologists, but it’s enough to have a life that is something more than simply satisfying.
I was able to observe patients from minimally dangerous conditions like migraines to post-op recovery cases. I learned that the Emergency room especially has to be organized in a way so that patients with the most serious cases get checked first. The patients all go through the same steps to make sure that the doctors have enough information to properly assess the situation. It is important that Dr. Reich knows enough about the patient to make the right decision because a lot of times family doctors refer families to the Emergency room so that doctors become liable for the procedures done on the patient. I look at my experience in the hospital and would definitely consider his position as a possible career. Seeing the kids coming in happy to see the television in their rooms with not a care in the world makes me so happy. For example this 7-year-old child ran into a wall and got a concussion but while the doctor was checking him he was like I cried a lot but I am okay. My position as a pediatric doctor would just make sure that they stay that happy coming out of the