Lethal Injection Q &
A
n its February 23 issue, the Orange County Register
featured a Q&A on lethal injection with Peter
H. Breen, M.D.
ASA President Orin F. Guidry, M.D., was quoted in
an April 13 New York Times article regarding
use of brain function monitors in a North Carolina
lethal injection case. The Associated Press (AP)
also quoted Dr. Guidry in its April 13 wire story
on the same subject. In response to the AP story,
ASA submitted a letter to the editor to clarify
that the “Practice Advisory for Intraoperative
Awareness and Brain Function Monitoring” is
meant to provide guidance for anesthesia in surgery
and other medical procedures, not lethal injection.
A quote from Richard J. Pollard, M.D., president
of the North Carolina Society of Anesthesiologists,
also was included in the AP story noted above and
in the April 14 issue of The Sun News,
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
Pain
Relief for Childbirth
 asy
Labor, a new book on childbirth pain relief
options by William R. Camann, M.D., was featured
in a March 21 Newsweek article. In it Dr.
Camann answered questions regarding pain management
options for pregnant women.
Medical
Options for Needle Phobics
ichael H. Entrup, M.D., was quoted in a March 28
Wired News story on alternatives to the
hypodermic needle for administering medication.
Dr. Entrup advised patients to share any concerns
they may have regarding any aspect of their anesthesia
with their anesthesiologist prior to the procedure.
Doctors
Day Letters Get Into Print
he March 29 issue of the Corpus Christi Caller-Times
included a letter to the editor from Mary Dale Peterson,
M.D. In the letter, Dr. Peterson thanked her anesthesia
colleagues for providing “life-saving and
pain-relieving therapy to our soldiers in Iraq and
Afghanistan.”
On March 30, the Dominion Post newspaper
in Morgantown, West Virginia, ran a Doctors Day
commentary by Robert E. Johnstone, M.D. In it Dr.
Johnstone focused on the selfless actions of Morgantown
physicians who reach out to those in need, both
locally and internationally, to provide medical
care.
Last
Words
he
April 12 issue of the Journal of the American
Medical Association featured a poignant article
about the last words of patients. The piece, written
by Robert E. Johnstone, M.D., appeared in the section
of the journal called “A Piece of My Mind.”
No Such
Thing
ric P. Greenblatt, M.D., sent an e-mail to National
Public Radio in response to an “All Things
Considered” report about an American medical
facility in Iraq. In the report, one member of the
O.R. team was mistakenly described as a “nurse
anesthesiologist.” In his e-mail, Dr. Greenblatt
pointed out that there is no such thing as a “nurse
anesthesiologist” and explained that the woman
was a nurse and would be properly called a “nurse
anesthetist.” He then went on to offer an explanation
of the difference between a nurse anesthetist and
an anesthesiologist.
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