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MEDICAL ANIMATION TRANSCRIPT: Si va a ser sometido a una operacin se le puede administrar anestesia general para dormirlo y no sentir dolor. El mdico le puede recomendar anestesia general para un procedimiento que es exhaustivo, que dura mucho tiempo o que requiere que usted est en una posicin incmoda. Antes del procedimiento, se le introducir una va intravenosa en el brazo utilizando un pequeo tubo llamado cnula. La misma le proporcionar lquidos y medicamentos directamente al flujo sanguneo. Puede recibir medicamento que le ayudar a relajarse. Ser colocado en la mesa de operacin de la manera ms cmoda posible. Se le colocar un brazalete de presin arterial en el brazo para controlar las lecturas de la presin arterial. Se le colocarn almohadillas autoadhesivas en el pecho para controlar la frecuencia cardaca y un broche en el dedo para controlar los niveles de oxgeno de su cuerpo. Estos dispositivos permiten que los especialistas en anestesia controlen de cerca sus signos vitales antes, durante y despus del procedimiento. Comenzar a recibir anestesia general mediante la inhalacin de gases anestsicos a travs de una mscara o a travs de una inyeccin entre venosa que har que se quede dormido, una vez dormido se le administrar una mezcla de oxgeno y gases anestsicos mediante la mscara o un tubo especial insertado a travs de la boca y de la trquea. El tubo se adjunta a un respirador que lo ayudar a respirar mientras los gases van a los pulmones. En la profundidad de los tejidos pulmonares, los gases son adsorbidos en el flujo sanguneo y transportados por clulas sanguneas al cerebro, la anestesia evita que el cerebro reciba mensajes desde los nervios del cuerpo. Como consecuencia, seguir dormido y sin dolor durante el procedimiento y no recordar nada del mismo cuando despierte luego de la operacin el especialista en anestesia le dar medicamentos para revertir el efecto de la anestesia y usted se despertar rpidamente. Si tuviera colocado un tubo respiratorio se lo quitarn apenas pueda respirar de manera segura por cuenta propia. Lo llevarn a la sala de recuperacin donde lo controlarn de cerca y, en caso de ser necesario, le administrarn medicamentos para el dolor es posible que se sienta mareado y un poco desorientado pero esa sensacin pasar rpidamente una vez que estable ser enviado a una sala del hospital o a su casa.
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David Cutt
Brayton Purcell
Salt Lake City, UT
"Thank you for the splendid medical-legal art work you did for us in the
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graphic illustrations of this tragic injury, we were able to persuade the
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We simply wanted you to know how pleased we were with your work which, to
repeat, was of superlative character, and to let you know that we would be
more than willing to serve as a reference in case you ever need one. Many
thanks for an extraordinary and dramatic depiction of a very serious injury
which clearly "catapulted" the insurance company's offer to a "full and
fair" amount to settle this case."
Philip C. Coulter Coulter &Coulter Roanoke, VA
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bypass and a deep vein thrombosis--all in time for a for-trial video
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addition, I ran across an exhibit I hadn't even thought of: reduced ejection
fraction after a heart attack. Because this was a video deposition, I could
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"It is my experience that it's much more effective to show a jury what
happened than simply to tell a jury what happened. In this day and age where
people are used to getting information visually, through television and
other visual media, I would be at a disadvantage using only words.
I teach a Litigation Process class at the University of Baltimore Law Schooland use [Medical Legal Art's] animation in my class. Students always saythat they never really understood what happened to [to my client] until theysaw the animation.
Animations are powerful communication tools that should be used wheneverpossible to persuade juries."
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Medical Legal Art creates medical demonstrative evidence (medical
illustrations, drawings, pictures, graphics, charts, medical animations,
anatomical models, and interactive presentations) for use during legal
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