205: MarinHealth—Essential Oils for Pre-Surgery Patients
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For patients about to undergo surgery, high anxiety before anesthesia translates to high anxiety after patients wake up…and consequently, more pain. Christine Castillo-Chavez and other nurses at MarinHealth led a study to measure the effect of inhaling essential oils on anxiety levels in pre-operative patients, with surprising results.
Christine has been an operating room nurse, medical administrator, and a Surgical Technology department chair. She has written award-winning college curriculum and work force manuals for the state of Texas, and currently manages MarinHealth’s Pre-Admission Center. Christine’s ultimate goal is seeking excellence in areas affecting the surgical patient. Christine feels every area that touches the surgical patient from sterile processing, preadmission nurse to the surgical and postsurgical team must seek the goal of cohesive communication in order to have positive patient outcomes.
Stress and anxiety don’t have to be the norm for patients…or for you. In numerous studies, essential oils have been shown to be anti-stress rockstars. Take matters into your own hands!
In this Episode You’ll Discover:
Summary of Christine’s research study (3:30)
Oils used in the study and how they were administered (5:50)
Implications for the study results in hospital policy (9:10)
How this study came about (14:00)
Other times essential oils are used in the patient experience (15:50)
Community response to this project (19:25)
Resources mentioned in this week’s episode include:
christinecastillochavez@mymarinhealth.org
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Recipes Mentioned in this Episode:
Night time knock out roller
DIY dugout: Katherine Thompson
Ingredients:
In a 10 ml roller bottle, mix:
10 drops of stress away essential oil blend (Young Living)
10 drops of bergamot essential oil
10 drops of lavender essential oil
Top off with a carrier oil.
Roll on your wrist, chest and behind your ears and you’ll be ready for a great night’s rest.
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