Regional anesthetic

List 2 purposes of regional anesthesia

List the 3 membranes around the spinal cord

Which space contains Nerve roots and CSF?
a) epidural space
b) subarachnoid space?

Which space contains nerves, fat, lymphatic vessels and veins?
a) epidural space
b) subarachnoid space?

List 3 types of nerve fibres in spinal nerves

The following sites are common for what type of regional anesthesia?
eye; tympanic membrane, upper airways

List a complication to watch for with topical anesthesia to the eye

List a complication to watch for with topical anesthesia to the throat

Topical anesthesia to which area increases the risk of systemic uptake and toxicity due to being highly vascular?

What type of block injects local anesthetic into the subcutaneous tissue?

Which nerve fibres are blocked in local infiltration?

Which nerve fibre(s) is affected in conduction or nerve blocks

List common areas for conduction/nerve blocks

List 2 complications of retrobulbar block

The following are complications of what type of block?
- accidental vertebral artery injection
- seizures
- cardiac arrest
- phrenic nerve block leading to resp failure
- recurrent laryngeal nerve block - hoarseness
- pneumothorax

The following are complications of what type of block?
- vascular injection
- pneumothorax

The following are complications of what type of block
- femoral nerve block
- hematoma

What is the maximum inflation time for the tourniquet in a bier block?

At what point in a bier block does the greatest risk of local anesthetic toxicity occur?

The following are important to assess in what type of block?
- S & S of systemic anesthetic toxicity
- CSM in affected limb

List 5 signs of central nervous system local anesthetic toxicity

List 5 signs of respiratory and cardiovascular system local anesthetic toxicity

List 5 MILD signs of local anesthetic toxicity

List 5 SEVERE signs of local anesthetic toxicity

List treatment for MILD local anesthetic toxicity

List treatment for SEVERE local anesthetic toxicity