Art, Technology, and the Medical Field
Art and Technology in the Medical Field
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| (Person using the Spirometer) |
One example of medical technology and art is in something called spirometry. Spirometry is used test how strong your lungs are by measuring how much you inhale, exhale, and how fast you exhale (Mayo Clinic Staff). As someone who has asthma, when I visit my pediatrician back home I she makes me use this machine. How this works is that, while blowing,there is an animation on the screen to see your progress. It shows a tree covered with leaves, but as you blow the leaves away, you can see animals in the tree. After this, it shows a graph to the nurse monitoring the activity and states whether it was a good test or it needs to be done again. Usually with me, I do it about 7 to 10 times. Strangely, this actually makes the asthma a little worse and I clear my throat a lot more. Interesting how they use an animation with this machine so one can see their progress based off of how many animals they can see.
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| (An Animation used by the Spirometer) |
Another place art is since in the medical field is in surgery. Everything must be precise and doctors sometimes draw on the body to see where to make their cuts. Artists and doctors need to make sure everything is done correctly and in the right order. If the doctor accidentally makes one small mistake, the patient could be in more danger (npr.org). If the artist makes a mistake, his work may be ruined and he would have to start over. Also, art and surgery take a lot of planning. Doctors use technology such as lasers to be more precise. They also use cameras to see where to make the cut once they are in the body. Similarly, artists sometimes use technology to fine tune their work or to create their work.
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| (Cartoon of a Surgery) |
Works Cited
Carefusion. Spirometer Testing. Photograph.
Moosemedia. Illustration and design. Photograph.
"Spirometry." Mayo Clinic. Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research, 11 July 2014.
Web. 30 Apr. 2017.
"Top Doctors Discuss The Art And Craft Of Surgery." NPR. NPR, 27 Aug. 2012. Web. 30 Apr.
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Prashant,
ReplyDeleteI like how you talked about something so basic that many students have probably already done. While not everyone has gone through life with asthma, many people have been tested for it and have done the same test you have. I think the animation is super interesting because it gives people from their 50's all the way down to toddlers perspective on what their breathing strength is and kind of gives you a goal at where you want to breath. You want to breath harder so more leaves get blown off the tree and more animals come out.
With your second paragraph, I absolutely agree that surgery is a form of medical art. While many peoples bodies are similar, and organs are in the same place, it really art form is when they aren't. There are people in this world that have organs in incorrect areas, and when surgery must be performed on them, the doctors have to be extra carefully where and how they cut the human body open. Everyone knows how sensitive the human body is, and handling that with such prestige is an art form of its own.
Thank you Jordan. Yeah, it is a goal to see if you can blow the whole tree down. I never knew that people could have their organs in different places, and that would be a challenge for surgeons as it is something different for them. Good job this season in volleyball by the way.
DeleteI enjoyed your inclusion of spirometry to add a personal touch to the medicine and art topic. It is not something that I would even consider when I think about art, however, the animated screen certainly adds an artistic element to the medical device. It;s unfortunate that it makes your asthma worse, but certainly an interesting technological device.
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