Through the advancement of technology, modern medicine has progressed leaps and bounds. As technology becomes more and more advanced, so does our manipulation of that technology in regards to modern medicine. Since the invention of antiseptics in the late 1800’s, our understanding about how the human body works and how to repair it has advanced more than any other time before.
I have worked in the Operating Room for a number of years, and in those years, I have seen many advancements in the way healthcare professionals care for their patients. One such change involves the way that liver bleeds are treated. The go to method had always been with an Argon beam coagulator. That is not true today. Now, a device known as a Mantis coagulator or synthetic clotting products such as Tisseal can all be used interchangeably. There are many advancements that stretch into other medical fields too.
There is still a lot that we do not know about the human body so more research and funds need to be funneled into this field. There is no better pursuit than helping your fellow man in my opinion. I have helped a lot of people during my time in healthcare and I have done so to the fullest extent that technology allows me to. There have been situations that could have been handled differently had the technology been available to us. Someday, I expect our healthcare to be on par with what you would see on Star Trek. In the distant future of course.
Donating to research facilities is always an option and convincing others to do so helps as well. Some people may find they have an aptitude for these technologies and seek to advance them themselves. Not everyone can do that but anything offered to help advance these technologies is greatly appreciated.
Please feel free to comment on this topic. Where do you think technology in medicine is headed? Where do you think researchers efforts are best spent? Why in that field?
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