Post Surgical Practice Medical Tools

Post Surgical Practice Medical Tools

Introduction

Hospitals are involved in the noble cause of helping the suffering relieve their pain. The patients spent considerable amount to time in the hospital facility and are subjected to a number of different medical procedures and treatments that help them to recover from their illness. During that period, nurses are the closest to the patients and are in best position to identify the possible areas of improvement. With hospital increasingly adopting information technology tools in the recent times, the critical data about the patients can be easily collected and put to good use. Evidence-based practice uses a mix of this critical patient data, recent research findings and opinions of the experts on the subject area to identify and process the possible methods of improving the quality of healthcare service for the patients (Bennet 2009).

This paper discusses the use of deep breathing exercises along with incentive Spirometry on post-surgical patients. The barriers and limitations of the techniques are discussed along with possible ways to overcome these bottlenecks in providing quality healthcare service to the patients.

Discussion

Postoperative pulmonary complications (PPC) are among the leading causes of morbidity, morality, and results in increased costs for the hospitals and the patients due to extended stays at the hospitals. This is usually the case when the patient has to go through an abdominal or cardiac surgery. The effect of PPC depends on the medical history of the patient and the type of surgery that is being administered on the patient. Hence, the occurrence rates fluctuate excessively in the range of 2% and as high as 40%. Diseases like pneumonia, bronchospasm and failure of the patient to breathe properly can be classified as PPC.

Therefore, techniques like physical therapy on the lung have been found to be effective for ...