| How many thousands of people around the world | | | | need to be given? The fields of music therapy and |
| have surgery or a surgical procedure each day? | | | | nursing research have conducted hundreds of studies |
| Considering that most municipal hospitals have at | | | | documenting music's benefit before, during and after |
| least twenty operating rooms that are in use for | | | | surgery. The phenomenon of entrainment is incredibly |
| 12-18 hours per day, we can safely assume that | | | | powerful and easily synchronizes a person's heartbeat |
| there are at least 50,000 per day. Each day people | | | | and breathing. When delivered through headphones it |
| have adverse reactions to the anesthesia associated | | | | is doubly powerful because the slow, steady |
| with their surgery, whether a local anesthesia, a | | | | instrumental music goes directly to the brain, through |
| regional anesthesia or a general anesthesia. Common | | | | the 8th cranial nerve, and entrains the bio-rhythms |
| side-effects are: | | | | while simultaneously blocking operating room |
| - Nausea | | | | conversations and operating room sounds which can |
| - Dizziness | | | | be quite un-nerving. For example, during joint |
| - Blurred vision | | | | replacement, there is hammering, drilling and sawing! |
| - Temporary loss of memory | | | | Even when a patient is under general anesthesia, |
| - Loss of appetite | | | | some of sounds penetrate into the subconscious and |
| - Headache | | | | can cause the patient to wake up with severe |
| Of course general anesthesia carries the most serious | | | | anxiety and even panic. |
| risks and as a direct result of the changes in blood | | | | When the patient brings the ideal music into surgery |
| pressure and heart rhythms, heart attack and stroke | | | | with headphones or ear buds to deliver it, the patient |
| during surgery can occur. According to WebMD, | | | | usually requires less anxiety meds before, less |
| "death or serious illness or injury due solely to | | | | anesthesia during, and less pain and anxiety |
| anesthesia is rare and is usually also related to | | | | medication afterward! it is such a simple intervention, |
| complications from the surgery. Death occurs in | | | | but few hospitals provide music for the patient in the |
| about 1 in 250,000 people receiving general | | | | operating room. My goal is to educate the public and |
| anesthesia, although risks are greater for those | | | | the medical community and this easy-to-implement, |
| people with serious medical conditions." | | | | very low-cost, and totally danger-free procedure. Feel |
| But wait! Why subject your self to the risks and | | | | free to contact me if I can help you with your |
| complications when you can add music to the mix | | | | upcoming procedure. |
| and greatly reduce the amount of anesthesia you | | | | |