Blog #10|: Senior Project Update

(1) What are you currently doing in your independent component? 
             
           Mentorship in the ER and getting extra volunteer hours. Taking a Chemistry class at Cal Poly.

(2) What is a recent piece of research (article, interview, or audio-visual) that have you reviewed you would say was significant in helping you understand where to go next in your senior project?  The piece of research should be something you reviewed in November.  Please explain what you learned and where are you going next because of this piece of research.

               Some time in the middle of November I ran into a Cardiothoracic surgeon while on a visit to my great grandmother in ICU (Intensive Care Unit) at the Arcadia Methodist Hospital.  I was only able to talk to her for a few minutes, but I plan to contact her again and have a more formal interview. Her name is Dr. Suzy Liu. When I first met her I was able to ask her what it's like working with an Anesthesiologist and how important an Anesthesiologists' role is to the success of any surgical procedure. She really emphasized the importance and how absolutely imperative it is for a patient to be properly sedated before surgery. This brief encounter with Dr. Suzy Liu really encouraged me to keep on doing research and contacting more professionals in the surgical field. I also asked her some things about the Anesthesiologist she works with. So, the next time I interview her I plan to try and ask her if I can also meet the Anesthesiologist(s) she works with. 


(3) Provide evidence from your independent component or the piece of research as something you recently did.  For example, a photo of something you working on for your independent component or your notes from the video you watched. 

(Refer to previous blog post) :D 

Independent Component

Sanitation gear I had to wear before dealing with highly contagious patients or to prevent from contaminating patients with my own germs. 

Blog #5b.|: Science Fair Proposal

1. What is your topic?: Obstetrical Anesthesiology 


2. What is the driving problem behind your experiment and the quote by an expert to support that problem? (Expert citation must be MLA format.)

Exposure to Anesthesia at a young age may be linked to altered academic performance during childhood. 

Block, Robert I., Ph.D., Joss J. Thomas, M.D., Emine O. Bayman, Ph.D., James Y. Choi, M.D., Karolie K. Kimble, RN, B.A., and Michael M. Todd, M.D. "Are Anesthesia and Surgery during Infancy Associated with Altered Academic Performance during Childhood?" Anesthesiology. American Society of Anesthesiologists, Inc., Sept. 2012. Web. 06 Sept. 2012.

3. What is your hypothesis? (Must be in If-Then form.)

If a woman in labor gives birth under the use of general anesthesia then the risk of her child being born with learning disabilities or defects increases.




4. Write a paragraph summary of how you will perform the experiment.  Include the tools you plan on using.



I plan to gather data from hospital records about women who have given birth with the aid of anesthesia and look what types of anesthetics were used. Afterwards I will look for any data that shows that their children may have learning defects and see if there is a correlation. 

5. Select one of the following Project Categories for your experiment:

Pharmacology