Yes, there was a time when things were done very differently in surgery. Some of these tools pictured here were downright barbaric! But today, things are done very differently. Today doctors and patients alike know about the benefits of music during surgery. We are much more aware of the dangers of too much anesthesia and […]
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Live Music in Operating Room, found to be beneficial
By Helen Altonn haltonn@starbulletin.com Classical music played on a piano in the operating room for 115 patients having eye surgery at the former St. Francis Medical Center-Liliha had “profound” physical benefits, it was reported today. The music lowered the patients’ blood pressure and heart and respiratory rates before any sedation or pain medication, according to […]
Music and Stress in Children Receiving General Anesthesia
Introduction ——————————————————————————– The research I am about to present today has taken three years. Its goal was to reduce physiological and emotional stress in patients undergoing general anesthesia. The research questions were: Is there audio perception when under anesthesia? Can we find a parameter that would measure the physiological and biochemical effect of music under […]
Talking with Mayo Clinic about Surgery Headphones
Talks with Mayo Clinic have begun! Let me start out my saying that this is not going to be a quick happening but at least it has begun! I talked with my second “official” person at Mayo Clinic today about the possibility of getting my headphones in use there. They are already definitely in favor […]
Two Major National Hospitals Now Recommend Music for Surgery
As the concept of music during surgery becomes better and better known and accepted, more hospitals around the United States and Europe and Asia are accepting its benefits and recommending it to their surgical patients.