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Re: 13 year old in the OR for C-sec From: dahmd@gate.net Mon Mar 18 05:11:44 1996 Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: Jason Gardosi: "Re: 13 year old in the OR for C-sec" Previous message: Malcolm Griffiths: "Re: Phenobarb and OC's" Maybe in reply to: Marc J. Burkhart, M.D.: "13 year old in the OR for C-sec" Next in thread: Jason Gardosi: "Re: 13 year old in the OR for C-sec" snip >None of the OR nursing staff are comfortable with a 13 year old observer and >I am not either. The patient says she is going to go 25 miles down the road >to the next hospital (where she delivered previously). >Marc J. Burkhart, M.D. I once had a 5 year-old in the OR for a section. She had seen her sister's birth at age 4, and did great (at another hospital; we spoke with the nursing staff there). There is a drape up and the kid was to short to see over it, anyway. The mother, father, and 5-year old did a couple of dry runs at my request, and we cleared it way in advance with the OR team, including the anesthesiologist. The 5year old did great, and in fact did better than the student nurse! I would not do something you are not comfortable with, but if you decide here or in the future to include the kids, I would strongly suggest a "dry run", since I know of a few kids who "failed" the dry run. Their parents wisely decided not to include them in the OR. If anyone out there knows of data that shows children are traumatized by the birth experience, either vaginal or operative, I would be interested in seeing it. Thanks, Ashley Hill D. Ashley Hill, M.D. dahmd@gate.net Next message: Jason Gardosi: "Re: 13 year old in the OR for C-sec" Previous message: Malcolm Griffiths: "Re: Phenobarb and OC's" Maybe in reply to: Marc J. Burkhart, M.D.: "13 year old in the OR for C-sec" Next in thread: Jason Gardosi: "Re: 13 year old in the OR for C-sec"

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