New iPhone Feature To Stand Surgery Without Sedatives
We usually use iPhones for making the calls, getting the mail, playing the music, browsing the web, and now iPhones have a completely new approach to its use.
Today iPhones are helping young patients stand surgery!
Six-year-old Bobbi was going to be operated on his ear. The child was trying to stay brave, but even a little one can realize that the needle’s coming. It was a tonsillectomy and ear tube surgery.
The hardest part is always leaving for the operating room. Most young children are not able to do that without being given a sedative.
Dr. Daniel Low, University of Washington assistant professor of anesthesia, came up with the idea that iPhone could help. He ‘s been using this technology for six months now and has reduced the use of the sedative drug by 85 percent.
He simply knows how his own two kids react to iPhones. “When I bought the iPhone when it first came out they were watching movies on it and they didn’t seem to ever hear me talk to them,” he said.
Of course it’s much easier for both a doctor and a patient to cooperate for a surgery room when a child is calm. There is a great benefit to go under anesthesia without any premedication. Children wake up much smoother after the surgery. They’re less dizzy and they go home much quicker.
A skilled anesthesiologist and an engaging movie did their job and soon Bobbi drifted out and came through surgery “with flying colors”.
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