Welcome to our weekly Wednesday Wrap-Up from our academic conference today: Dr. Jesus Granados discussed how to eat better as residents: Add fiber (salad) to your meals (pizza) to slow your metabolism Prep a large meal at the beginning of the week Actually eat during a shift Dr. Sage Wiener Read more…
Ultrasound-Guided Fascia Iliaca Block *Consider this as an adjunct for pain control in patients with hip fractures. Fascia Iliaca is located anterior to the iliacus muscle -Femoral and lateral cutaneous nerves lie under fascia iliaca -Injecting anesthetic under the fascia will allow the anesthetic to spread and reach Read more…
Here’s Dr. LoCascio with today’s Morning Report! Landmark Guided Wrist Blocks Ultrasound guided blocks are great but we can’t forget how to do it based on landmarks. Median Block Locate the space between flexor palmaris logus and flexor carpi radialis. Insert the needle in this space between the Read more…
Dr. Gomes presents today’s Morning Report! PROCEDURAL SEDATION Definition: -technique of administering a sedative or dissociative agent along with analgesia to induce a state that allows patient to tolerate unpleasant procedures while maintaining adequate spontaneous cardiorespiratory function Complications: -oversedation, respiratory depression/arrest, hypoxia, hypotension, prolonged awakening, agitation, nausea/vomiting, Read more…
Dr. Shin presents today’s special March Madness edition of Morning Report! Inferior Alveolar Nerve Block A nerve block of the intraoral mandibular or inferior alveolar nerve anesthetizes the following: The body of the mandible and the lower portion of the ramus All mandibular teeth The floor of the Read more…
Thanks to Dr. Basile for today’s Morning Report! New Approach to the Digital Block Traditional digital nerve block: – two injections where you hit all four digital nerves with injections on both sides of the finger at MCP joint – Does not work at least 10% of the Read more…