The use of technology within my area or subjects

Hello to all, I am going to talk today about the use of technology within my area or subjects. Well in my career is important the use of the technology because it give a help to make the thing easier in our professional work and do our jobs better. And help to give a better attention to the pregnant, the newborn and to all the women.
Well the technologies that we use in our career are:

•Ultrasound: the ultrasound have an important role in the attention of the pregnant, because we use to diagnostic the pregnancy and to see the numbers of foetuses, to evaluate the foetus (congenital malformations, height and weight), to evaluate the quantity of amniotic liquid, to evaluate the site of insertion of the placenta and the state of this.
•Foetal heart monitor- Tocodynamometer: we use this two technological equips to evaluate the foetus in the labour and compare the foetal heartbeat and the contractions of the pregnant and this help us to evaluate the capacity of the foetus to resist the labour and the vitality of them.
•Radiant cot: is very used in the services of Neonatology because this give help in the attention to the newborns that have problems in their thermoregulation
•Incubators: is used in the services of Neonatology in newborns of preterm and in newborns. It consists in a closed chamber with a sterilized mattress and calefaction. The incubator allows you to limit infant exposure to germs, and the complexity of the equipment also allows various care treatments, including intravenous therapy, supplemental oxygen, mechanical support of respiration and drug administration

Well for these reasons the technology are very important in our area because these give help in the attention of all the procedures in our area, to give a better attention to our patients and give an attention of quality to all of our patients and improve the quality of life of our community and of the all medical equipment.
In my opinion the technology is fundamental in an attention of quality for the diagnostic and treatment of illnes.

Dr. House

Hello to all, I am going to talk today about Dr. House, it is an American television medical drama, starring for Hugh Laurie how Dr. Gregory House. The program was conceived by David Shore and Paul Attanasio; Shore is credited as creator.
Dr. House is an unconventional and misanthropic medical genius who heads a team of diagnosticians at the fictional Princeton Plainsboro Teaching Hospital (PPTH) in New Jersey.
Dr. House often clashes with his boss (and later, girlfriend), hospital administrator and Dean of Medicine Dr. Lisa Cuddy (Lisa Edelstein), and his diagnostic team, because many of his hypotheses about patients' illnesses are based on subtle or controversial insights. House's only true friend is Dr. James Wilson (Robert Sean Leonard), head of the Department of Oncology.
House's original team of diagnosticians consists of Dr. Eric Foreman (Omar Epps), a neurologist; Dr. Robert Chase (Jesse Spencer), an intensivist; and Dr. Allison Cameron (Jennifer Morrison), an immunologist. In the fourth season House tricks Cuddy into allowing him to hire three new assistants. He ultimately selects Dr. Chris Taub (Peter Jacobson), a former plastic surgeon; Dr. Lawrence Kutner (Kal Penn), a sports medicine specialist; and Dr. Remy "Thirteen" Hadley (Olivia Wilde), an internist (nicknamed for her number in the elimination contest). In the season finale, Thirteen discovers she has, as she had long dreaded, Huntington's disease, which is incurable.
The series count whit seven seasons, in the last season the history is focused on Dr. House relationship with Dr. Lisa Cuddy.
This series is my favorite because the cases that they show are very incredible and the form of diagnostic the illness of the Dr. House is very brilliant.

Myths and Truth about the Human Brain

Hello to all, I am going to talk today about the presentation of the Dr. Maldonado of the last week about “Myths and Truth about the Human Brain”. For us, as health professionals, is very important know about the Human Brain.
The first myth that Dr. Maldonado presented is: “The human brain is different from the brain of the others animals”, the doctor said that is false because the animals brains and the human brain are very similar, the only difference is the size of the cortex, the human brain has a longest cortex than animal brain and the human brain has more neurons.
The other myth: “Every brain functions are localized in a specific place of the brain”, this is false because we use different part of the brain to do the same action.
The next myth: “The brain is like computer”, it is very false because the human brain has a distributed memory and the computer has a localized memory, and the human brain can do a lot of functions at the same time while the computer can do only one action.
Other myth: “We use only 10% of our brain”, it is absolutely false because our brain have plasticity for this the brain can adapt to different function also for the same action different part of the brain can activate to do this action.
The knowledge of the structure and function of the human brain is very important in our career because we need know this to educate the pregnant about the early stimulation that is important to the development of the fetus brain.

Stem cell clinical trial aims to combat nerve damage in human tissue

“Pioneering treatment given go-ahead in US as researchers inject cells directly into patient's damaged spinal cord”
Hello to all, I am going to talk today about a very important news. It is the development of a new therapy for the treatment of the lesions of the spinal cord; this treatment was proved in a patient of USA more specifically in the Sheperd Center, a specialist spine and brain injury in Atlanta.
The treatment was performed on Friday 8, in the patient, who has not been named, for Geron, a biotech company based in California.
In the first phase of the development of this treatment, doctors will establish only whether the treatment is safe to use. Geron will need to further trials in coming years to assess whether the treatment is effective in repairing spinal cord injuries.
The trial of the treatment was performed in patients who have received a spinal injury within the past 14 days. These patients will be injected with living cells that are precursors of a kind found in the nervous system. The cells are expected to infiltrate the site of the injury and release chemicals that help repair damaged spinal cord nerves.
Throughout the trial, doctors will monitor patients to see whether they are regaining sensation or better able to move parts of the body affected by their injury.
Tests in animals show that injections of the cells can improve their ability to walk and move after sustaining an injury.
Doctors hope that injecting stem cells directly into the spine will help repair damaged nerve cells enough for paralyzed people to regain some movement.
To my mind the develop of this treatment will help a lot of people in the world and will give a new hope to the people that can’t walk.
Here is the webpage of the news:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2010/oct/11/stem-cell-trial-spinal-cord

Dealing With Stress

Hello to all, today I going to talk about deal with stress. First of all, what is the stress? The stress is a sensation that we create to react to events. Is the way in which the body is facing a challenge and is prepared to act in a difficult situation with focus, strength and mental acuity.
The causes of stress are: being a victim of bullying or being exposed to violence or physical injury, strained relations, family conflicts, the sadness caused by a broken heart, or the death of a loved one, continuous problems in the school caused for a learning problem or another problem, be always in a hurry, don’t have time to rest and relax, and keep moving.
The symptoms of stress are: Anxiety or panic attacks, constant pressure, confusion, hastiness, irritability and melancholy, stomach problems, headache, chest pain, allergic reactions (eczema and asthma), sleep problems, drink in excess alcoholic drinks, eat in excess, smoke or use drugs, sadness and depression. All the people feel the stress of different forms. Some people get angry, behaving inappropriately and retaliate whit others. Other peoples hides it and begins to suffer from eating problems and illegal substance abuse. The people with a chronic illness also note that the symptoms of the disease are increased when they have an overload of stress.
The better methods to deal with stress are: not overloaded with activities, be realist (don’t try to be perfect), sleep well, learn to relax, do exercise, resolve the simple problems (learn to solve quotidian problems makes you feel in control).

Postovulatory effects of Levonorgestrel in emergency contraception

Hello to all, today I going to talk about the speech of the Dr. Valenzuela over the Postovulatory effects of Levonorgestrel in emergency contraception.
The presentation was very interesting for me because the Dr. Valenzuela talk about topics nearly to our career.
The Levonorgestrel is a type of Progesterone, used in the monophasic and triphasic formulation of combined oral contraceptives pills in low doses. The other use and the most important, is in the Emergency contraceptives pills (ECPs) both in a combined Yuzpe regimen which includes estrogen, and as a Levonorgestrel only method. And the final use and less important is in the intrauterine contraceptive device with progestogen.
Levonorgestrel in form of ECPs is used 24 to 120 hours after unprotected sex, with a maximum effectiveness in the first three days.
I am agree with the use of Levonorgestrel as Emergency contraceptive pills but in only one instance and it is when a woman is violated and she didn’t want to get pregnant, because first would be an unwanted pregnancy and second she didn’t the possibility of use an contraceptive method. For this to my mind the pill shouldn’t be give to the women that haven’t was violated because they have the option of use an contraceptive method or demand to their couple that they use a preservative.
Dr. Valenzuela doesn’t consider that the Levonorgestrel is abortive, and I agree with him, because the life begin when the Nervous System begin to develop, and the Levonorgestrel exerts its effect before than it does occur.

Iron Maiden, My Favorite Rock Band

Hello to all, today I going to talk about my favorite rock band, this is Iron Maiden, it is an British band of heavy metal.
Iron Maiden was founded for Steve Harris, the only original member, in the 1975. The name of the band is based on an object of torture that Steve saw in the movie “The Man in the Iron Mask”.
Iron Maiden is composed for Bruce Dickinson, that is the vocalist; Dave Murray, Adrian Smith, Janick Gers, that are the guitarists; Steve Harris, that is the bassist; Nicko McBrain, that is the drummer; and Eddie the Head, that is the icon of the band.
The Discography of the band is: Iron Maiden (1980), Killers (1981), The Number of the Beast (1982), Piece of Mind (1983), Powerslave (1984), Somewhere in Time (1986), Seventh Son of a Seventh Son (1988), No Prayer for the Dying (1990), Fear of the Dark (1992), The X Factor (1995), Virtual XI (1998), Brave New World (2000), Dance of the Death (2003), A Matter of Life and Death (2006) and The Final Frontier (2010).
My favorite’s songs are: The Number of The Beast, The Wicker Man, Powerslave, Journeyman, Rainmaker, Blood Brothers, Montsegur, and Satellite 15…The Final Frontier.
The songs that I dislike are the songs of the discs The X Factor and Virtual XI, because in this discs Bruce Dickinson didn´t stay in the band and was replaced for Blaze Bayley that have a voice most soft that Bruce.
Actually the band is in a tour for their ultimate disc The Final Frontier and I wish that they will come to Chile, because in the previous concerts I didn´t can go.

The Lost Symbol

Hello today I going to talk about a book that I have liked, this is “The Lost Symbol”.
I like this book that is a continuation of the history of Robert Langdon, which is a fictional teacher of symbols. This book tries about the masons and an ancient secret hidden in United States of North America, most specifically in Washington D.C., that if emerge to the light could put in danger the entire world.
At the beginning Robert Langdon receive a call of his mentor, old friend and mason Peter Solomon, inviting him to give a conference in the most important room of the Capitol of the United States. When Robert was here he discovers that all were a lie, because Peter was kidnapped for someone that want discover the ancient secret of the masons. For this Robert have to decipher a series of symbols and codes, with the help of the younger sister of Peter; Katherine Solomon.
I have two reasons to like me the book, first a sentimental reason, because my girlfriend gives me the book as Christmas gift. The second reason is the genre of the book, because I like so much the books of mystery.
I read the book on my summer vacation, I took one week to read the book, because I like so much the book for this I read all the day , inclusive in the night without light.
The aspects that I found interesting of the book are the organization and the rituals of the masons.
“Each day we know more and understand less”

Hello people, today I am going to talk about my blogging experience. This experience was difficult to me in the beginning, because I am not good to write and less in English but it was make easier to me as it according was passing each blog. I was learning of all my mistakes in the blogs, for example I always had mistakes in the redaction fundamentally, and in the use of the future as "going to".
The topics of the blogs are very motivators, because the topics were very related with the career. The topic that most liked me, is when I talk about my future as a midwife. And when I talked about my favourite book in the "grammar review".
The blogs of my classmates were very interesting because they have others points of view about the topics that we developed.
My vocabulary increase with the blogs because I learn a lot of words that I didn´t know before.
To my mind this activity was very useful to me, because I can apply the major of the topics view in classes. And this activity helps me to learn a lot of new words.
Well, this is all for the moment, see you soon.

My Ideal Job

Hello people, today I am going to talk about my ideal job, that is work in the Neonatology area, more specifically in the Unity of Neonatal Intensive Cares in the Clinic Hospital of the University of Chile or in the Hospital Luis Tisne, but I prefer more the Clinic Hospital than the Hospital Luis Tisne.
I like the public system most the private system, because in the public system the environment is different as the people treated more nearly, since the relationship between people is warmer.
I don´t want be the boss, because I only want save lifes, but if I have the capacity to execute the position and my boss make me an offer to be the boss of my area I shall accept this position, with more grade of responsibility.
I prefer work in the morning or in the afternoon than in the night because the morning is less stressful and I work better in the morning than the night.
I like to attend the babies because I have more affinity with them than with the adults, because I don´t like talk a lot and I like so much the babies, and I think that is most important help to the new generations to have a healthy future.

The Lost Symbol

Hello people, today I going to talk about “The Lost Symbol”, my favourite book.
“The Lost Symbol” is a sci-fiction novel, the author is Dan Brown, it was published the 29 of October of 2009 in Spanish.
The book is protagonized for the teacher of symbology and history of the art, Robert Langdon; he was the protagonist of the two previous books: “Angels and Demons” and “The Da Vinci Code”.
In this occasion the adventure occur in Washington D.C. and the plot is based in a Francmasonic conspiration.
The adventure begin when Robert receives a call of his old friend, "mason" and mentor Peter Solomon to inviting them to give a conference in the most important room of the United States Capitol, when he was in the Capitol, he discover that Solomon was kidnapped for someone that want discover a ancient mystery, a mystery that if comes to light could put in danger to the world. Langdon will have the hours counted for unveil the mystery and save the lives of his friend.
This book is most interesting than the previous books, and the history is too spectacular.
I have read the book two times, and this book has a special meaning to me, because this book was given to me, by my girlfriend in the Christmas.
“Each day we know more and understand less”

Education and Prevention in your Profession in my career

Hello people, today I going to talk over the education and prevention in my profession, this topic is very important in our professional formation, for this we have various subjects that give the necesary tools to know how give an education of quality to the comunity.
To my mind the more important health topics on education are the healthy styles of life, sexual education and and the care in the pregnancy. The last two topics are the most important in my career.
On the sexual education the topic most important are the sexual transmition illness and the adolescent pregnancy. To prevent the sexual transmition illness is important educate on the use of preservative in all the sexual relations, having a single sexual partner. To prevent the adolescent pregnancy is important educate on the use of preservative and anticonceptive methods, and the family planning.
The kind of people to educate, are the people that begin his sexual life and the people that not begin his sexual life. With greater emphasis in the first kind of people.
The most effective form to educate the people in these topics is implement programs of sexual education in the schools and the family planning, which is very fundamental in my career.
The needs of the Chilean people are the education of healthy styles of life, because Chili has high indexes of obesity and tabaquism.
The other need is the education of sexuality, because each year are more adolescents that are pregnant.

Gender Role In Health Care

Hello people today I going to talk over the gender role in health care in the Midwifery.
In the society the male midwife are frowned, are discriminate because the people think that the male midwife are homosexuals. Although today is more common view to a men studying Midwifery.
But not all the men that are studying Midwifery are studying because they like the career, for example before I didn´t want to study Midwifery because I didn´t know so much about the career, so I wanted study Medicine but I couldn´t study it because I didn´t have the necesary points. So I decided to study midwifery and now I like the career.
From the point of view of the responsabilities, both genders have the same amount of responsability, don´t have difference.
In the kind of patients, I don´t see a difference very marked, only that the men attend to patients that are more difficulty from the point of view of the temperament.
The profesional development is the same for both genders, because the quality, the teaching and the dedication in the education are equal for both genders.
The salaries are the same for the women and men, the salary doesn´t depend of the gender, depend of the capacities of the people.
I think that no import if you are man or woman, only matters that you study the career that you want study.

My future as a midwife

Hello today I talk over my future as a midwife I will like work in the Neonatology area, more especifically in the Unity of Neonatal Specials Cares in the Clinic Hospital of the University of Chili or in the Hospital Luis Tisne.
I prefer work in the morning or the afternoon in the week, in extreme cases I will go to work in the nigth, in the case that arising an urgency.
I don´t have preferences among the public system or private, because the two systems will give me a lot of experience in my life. I will begin to work in a public hospital and when pass a few years I will go to work to a private hospital.
I want to specialize in neonatology and do a degree in Intensive care of the newborn, and if I can an Magister in Biomedic Sciences.
I don´t want be a boss of my unity or all the hospital, I only want work to save the life of the newborns, if I have the capacity to execute the position of boss I shall accept this charge to the benefit of my unity.
I will like to specialize and work in Neonatology because I want save the lives of the newborns because they are the future of the humanity

My Favorite Subject: Anatomy

My favorite subject is Interaction of Structure and Function of the Human Body, specifically Anatomy, It is very important in my career because we need know the body parts in we are going to work, for example: pelvis, breasts, vagina, uterus, fallopian tubes and ovarios. Also the others parts of the Human Body that are important too as Skull and the organs as the Brain and in the Torax for example the Heart and Lungs
We learned about the structures and organs, in the cadavers
The most interesting contents are related with the Torax and the Abdomen, I learnt much about the ubication of the organs of this sections of the Human Body and the relation between them.
The most easy content of the subject is the Torax, because it have less structures that the others sections of the Human Body.
The most difficult content of the subject are the Arms and the Legs, because it have a lot of muscles related between them.
The teachers are from Program of Anatomy and Biology of the Development, they had doctorates in anatomy or neuroanatomy , the classes were do in the Anatomy auditory.
My marks was very good, I had a 5,5; this mark exempted me of the final exam

My favourite website...

Hello

My favourite website is: http://www.revistasochog.cl . This website is linked to the “Revista Chilena de Obstetricia y Ginecologia”. This magazine are the most important of my career
The website have 4 sections:

Previous edition: In this section I found all the editions of the magazine.
About us: In this section I found the information of the magazine and the purpose of this.
Editorial body: In this section I found all the information of the editors and the directory
Autors: In this section I found the intructions for publish articles in the magazine.

I like this website because I can read all the information related with my career and I can actualize my knowledge of topics related with the career. And from my point of view all the students of midwifery must read the magazine for internalized in the midwifery

I often visit the website to read about the topics most relevant and current of the midwifery.

I recomend this page to my friends because is a very interesting website, they found very interesting articles to know topics about the midwifery

Welcome to my blog

Hello!!!!!

Welcome to my blog. I am Javier Irribarra M. and I study Midwifery at Univesity of Chile. I live in El Bosque, I wanted study Medicine but I couldn’t study it because I didn’t have necesary points. Now I like the Midwifery, is a good career. My favourite music is the rock music and my favourite book is The Da Vinci Code.
In the future I want to become in a great neonatologist to care for newborns.

My experience in the earthquake was with calmness. I was watching T.V. with my brother, when the earthquake began, My father called us for go to the door and we were all together. I didn’t sleep until the 8:00 o'clock. I woke up very later and confused.

In this case as future midwife I want to help the people that suffer as a consecuence of earthquake, and help at the health of the women and their babies.