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Virtual reality Operating Room

Posted by: Morgan Walker on 12 April, 2016
On the 14th of April, two days after this post, medical practice will change forever. The cause of this change is
Virtual Reality. VR is being used for live streaming in almost every possible situation from concerts to sporting
events, sky diving to mountaineering, the list is endless.
With VR being more affordable and powerful every day than it has ever been before, and a multitude of
companies springing up in the field, VR is beginning to integrate itself into the mainstream consciousness at a
rapid rate.
So, to explain the opening paragraph; in two days Medical Realities will be hosting the first stream of a live
surgery in virtual reality. VR users will be able to watch the entire operation as if they were standing in the
operating theatre.
Medical Realities will be using a 360-degree camera showing the entire operating table. Anyone wishing to
view the show will be required to use the companys app and a Google cardboard viewer, though any headset
that works with smartphones will manage just as well.
As it is a live operation on a real living human being, the team involved are well aware of the risks; it is a
standard tumor removal but there is always the possibility of something going awry, because of this there will
be a delay to the live feed by one minute.
Medical establishments have already used VR before during surgery, now VR is being used to bring the general
masses into the operating theatre to show what really goes on in the hospital day to day of saving lives.

At present nobody has been involved behind the operating doors except the patient, doctors and staff, now,
thanks to VR technology, everyone can get a feel of what really goes on inside the operating theatre.
Summary:
Due to modernization of the world, social Medias such as facebook, instagrams, twitter,
as well as internet shops, blogs, etc were available today in our everyday lives as used
as a form of communication. Even in the medical field, surgeons or the medical teams in
the operating room were using the latest technology to have the people especially those
who dont have any background in the medical operations become aware and
knowledgeable in what really goes on inside the operating room.
Virtual Reality was invented as helping tool to show live operation on a real human being
to people outside the operating room. Though, a risk in violating ethical value such as
the Right to Confidentiality or Privacy, so only the patient, doctors and staff area still
privilege in streaming live in this operation or use the Virtual Reality. Another advantage
in using this, the streaming is one minute late from the actual operation, so many things
might still happen without prompt warning or awareness.
Learning Insight:
Its pretty amazing that even in the medical field, modernization can be still felt. And its
great because it can help us be knowledgeable in what happening in the operating room.
For me, as a student nurse, it is a great educative tool for me to learn and observe the
operation.
But I doubt that our beloved hospitals here at Philippines would adapt in this new
invention. It still for me a costly invention and our country cannot still afford it so it will
take maybe 10 years for us to have or experience this great invention.

Fathers in delivery room could make pain of childbirth worse, study

suggests women who lack emotional intimacy with their partner
are likely to experience more pain in his presence
By Sarah Knapton, Science Editor
12:01AM GMT 21 Jan 2015
Watching a baby coming into the world is arguably one of the most life-changing events in a mans life.
But new research suggests that some fathers should steer clear of the delivery room because they could make
the pain of childbirth even worse.
The presence of men at the birth of their children has grown in popularity since home births began to decline in
the 1970s while previous studies found that pregnant women needed fewer painkillers if their partner was
present.
However a new study by University College London, King's College London and the University of
Hertfordshire suggests that women who lack emotional intimacy with their partner experienced more pain if
they are on hand.

The study found the pain felt by 39 women given 'pinprick' laser pulses on their fingers was not reduced by the
presence of their partner.
And in many cases the presence of a partner made the pain feel worse, and increased more for the women who
most avoided closeness in their relationships.
Dr Charlotte Krah of the King's College London Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience said: "We
were interested in the role of individuals' patterns of seeking or avoiding closeness in their relationships.
"We wanted to test whether this personality construct, termed attachment style, might determine whether partner
support decreases or heightens the experience of pain."
In the experiments women were given a moderately painful laser pulse on one of their fingers and asked to rate
the intensity of the pain.
Researchers also measured how the electrical activity in their brains 'spiked' in response to the laser pulses, to
examine the relation between pain reports and brain activity.
Each woman also completed a questionnaire to measure the extent to which she either sought or avoided
'closeness', emotional intimacy, in relationships.
The study found that the more avoidant participants were of closeness in their relationships, the more pain they
experienced when their romantic partner was present both in how they rated pain and their brain scans.
But the presence of a partner had no significant effect, good or bad, on the pain felt by women who sought
closeness in relationships.
Dr Katerina Fotopoulou of UCL's Psychology & Language Sciences said: "Overall, this study suggests that
partner support during pain may need to be tailored to individual personality traits and coping preferences.
"Individuals who avoid closeness may find that the presence of others disrupts their preferred method of coping
with threats on their own.
"This may actually maintain the threat value of pain and ultimately heighten individual's pain experience.
"This hypothesis was further supported by the finding that electrical activity in the brains of these individuals
was influenced by partner presence in the same way as their subjective pain report and particularly in areas
typically associated with processing bodily threats.
The issue of men in the delivery room has divided opinion for decades. A study in 1962 by US doctor Robert
Bradley suggests that the father's presence actually helps the woman relax
However in 2009, French obstetrician Michel Odent blamed fathers for increasing rate of births by Caesarean
section. He claimed that a male partner in the delivery room can make a woman more anxious, slowing the
production of oxytocin, a hormone which helps the labour process.

Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsey has spoken publicly about not attending the birth of his four children claiming
his sex his sex-life would be damaged by images like something out of a sci-fi movie.
It became more usual for fathers to be present in the delivery room following The Peel report of 1970 which
stated every woman should have access to hospital care when giving births.
Away from the comfort of home, family and friends women looked to a birthing partner for more moral support
men started to play a larger role.
"Previous research has shown that women prefer to have their partners present during childbirth and they make
less use of painkillers after labour, added Dr Fotopoulou
"The different results of this controlled experiment could suggest that some of the previous results may not
necessary relate to the sensation of physical pain, but the broader meanings and needs associated with
childbirth.
"The physical and psychological nature of labour pain may simply be different than other types of pain. Future
studies could test how having a partner present during labour affects the pain felt by women who tend to avoid
closeness in relationships."
The research was published in the journal Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience.

Summary and Learning Insight:

Marriage is bounded by the mutual love of the
partners. It can be also be seen in a soon to be
parents couple.
A study was conducted in
relation of the presence of Husbands during the
delivery and the pain felt of their Wives.
Certainly, the researchers conducted study in 39
laboring women.
Significantly, most of the
women participated said that they were more at
pain when their partners are inside the delivery
room due to anxiety of disturbed physical
appearance. The researchers used pain laser
pulses in gathering pin impulses from the mother.
They also found out that Oxytocin is not much of
effective in uterine contractions. Mothers mostly

preferred the presence of their parents during the

delivery ward rather than their partners.
Its amazing that the presence of partners during
the time of the delivery greatly affects and
contributes profoundly on the pain felt by the
mother. In ONP setting, this kind of setting is not
practiced. Only the medical staffs in the delivery
room are allowed inside during delivery.
Significantly, this research will be not of use at
ONP.
But knowing this information is great
because you have a background about the pain
stressors during delivery which are commonly
practiced in other countries like America.