Regional blocks for the management of acute traumatic pain in the emergency department

Khalid Bashir; Muhammad Arshad Pervaiz; Osama Mohammad Ali Shehata; Sibghatullah Khan

doi:10.5339/jemtac.2016.4

ISSN: 1999-7086
EISSN: 1999-7094

oa Regional blocks for the management of acute traumatic pain in the emergency department
Authors: Khalid Bashir¹, Muhammad Arshad Pervaiz¹, Osama Mohammad Ali Shehata¹, Sibghatullah Khan¹
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Affiliations: ¹ Emergency Department, Hamad General Hospital, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar
Source: Journal of Emergency Medicine, Trauma and Acute Care, Volume 2016, Issue 1, Feb 2016,
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5339/jemtac.2016.4
- Received: 26 February 2016
- Accepted: 21 April 2016
- Published online: 18 May 2016

Abstract

Regional blocks provide adequate analgesia in trauma patients. The aim of this study was to review the current practice of emergency department physicians in the use of regional blocks.

A cross-sectional survey was conducted among emergency department physicians and anesthesiologists. The response rate was 100% (n = 107). 79% (n = 57) of the anesthesiologists were found to provide regional blocks however, 48.5% (n = 17) of emergency physicians administer local blocks. Only 2.8% of emergency physicians held a formal qualification in regional anesthesia.

There is a need to train ED physicians in regional blocks so that the pain in trauma patients can be managed early.

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Regional blocks for the management of acute traumatic pain in the emergency department

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Keyword(s): emergency department, limb trauma, pain management and regional block

oa Regional blocks for the management of acute traumatic pain in the emergency department

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