Waking Up Safer?
SilverWood Books Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-78132-749-4 (ISBN)
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Six general anesthetics! Yes six! That is the astonishing number of anesthetics the average American will experience in a lifetime. Yet most people are blissfully unaware of its consequences - lulled into a false sense of security - believing that sleep rather than chemically-induced coma is the outcome.
Inherently dangerous, anesthesia has matured into an essentially safe practice. It was not always so. Nor in every instance - things can still go terribly wrong.
Before the advent of general anesthesia in 1846, very few surgeries were performed. When done at all, operations were limited in scope, and often as a last resort - with death as a common outcome. Since then, the evolution of anesthetic practice has allowed increasingly complex surgery to be performed on ever-sicker patients.
This anesthesiologist's record tells the story. Drawing on personal experience, while tracing historical and scientific developments, Dr. Berend Mets chronicles the stories of innumerable notable individuals such as Drs. William Morton, Virginia Apgar and Christiaan Barnard in the past, and Drs. Archie Brain, Atul Gawande and Mehmet Oz in the present, illustrating the practice of anesthesiology along the way.
Tapping parallels with aviation to reveal how anesthesia has been engineered to become ever-safer, this book will not put you to sleep. Rather it will wake you up! Wake you up to the magic and mystery of anesthesia and its consequences.
Born in Indonesia of Dutch heritage, Berend experienced his first plane flight at six weeks old and grew up around the world in countries such as England, Holland, the Netherland Antilles and Singapore before settling in South Africa. After completing High School he studied Medicine at the University of Stellenbosch where he met his wife, Ulane. Specializing in Anesthetics in England and South Africa, Dr. Mets holds Fellowships of the Faculty of Anaesthetists from both the Royal College of Surgeons in England and the College of Medicine in South Africa. Embarking on an academic career he completed a PhD in Pharmacology at the University of Cape Town, before moving to New York City to become an Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology at Columbia University. Here he continued his research career, was in charge of residency training, and Ulane gave birth to their only son, Elbert. A Diplomat of the American Board of Anesthesiology, Professor Mets moved to the Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine where he is now Chair of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine. In pursuit of teaching anesthesia, as well as to experience the remarkable world we live in, Berend has travelled to more than eighty countries, believing that there is one universal language - respect. A prolific author of academic texts on Anesthesia, Leadership and Education, Waking Up Safer? is Dr. Mets' first book. Visit Dr. Mets' website: www.berendmets.com. You can also follow him on Twitter @Dr_B_Mets.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 21.05.2018 |
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| Zusatzinfo | 16 black and white |
| Verlagsort | Bristol |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 148 x 210 mm |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie |
| Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Anästhesie | |
| Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Chirurgie | |
| Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Geschichte / Ethik der Medizin | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-78132-749-1 / 1781327491 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-78132-749-4 / 9781781327494 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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