In ancient Greece, the asclepion was a healing temple dedicated to Asclepius, the God of Medicine. Asclepius learned the art of surgery from the centaur Chiron and had the ability to raise the dead. The Rod of Asclepius is a roughhewn branch entwined with a single serpent.
Saturday, November 25, 2006
Pharmacology
Organs block has a considerable amount of pharmacology. It's tough. We have to familiarize ourselves with drugs, many of which have random names (except the beta blockers). We have to know their indications, their contraindications, their mechanism of action, their duration of action, and their side-effects. It's a lot of memorization. It's not unimportant since we need to know these drugs at some point, but it's not easy as we haven't been immersed in clinical practice. I trust that in time, knowing the drugs will become very useful and rattling off their dosages will become second nature.
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