New iPhone Feature To Stand Surgery Without Sedatives

Posted on May 2, 2008
Filed Under iPhone General

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.

New iPhone Feature To Stand Surgery Without Sedatives 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”.

Dr. Low claims that the iPhones don’t interfere with medical equipment and are easily sanitized. And still there were no complaints and not a child has thrown it yet.

Seattle Children’s Hospital appears to be the only facility using the iPhone innovation for helping kids go into surgery.

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One Response to “New iPhone Feature To Stand Surgery Without Sedatives”

Niki on May 3rd, 2008 12:45 am

Well…the fact that iPhone does’t interfere with medical equipement seems rather doubtful. Maybe in case with an ear surgery it is perfectly fine, but when it comes to incredibly complicated heart surgeries I’m sure the intervention of a third-party device can lead to equipment errors!

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