Open AccessRegional blocks for the management of acute traumatic pain in the emergency department
Author(s) -
Khalid Bashir,
Muhammad Arshad Pervaiz,
Osama Mohammad Ali Shehata,
Sibghatullah M Khan
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of emergency medicine, trauma and acute care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.27
H-Index - 5
eISSN - 1999-7094
pISSN - 1999-7086
DOI - 10.5339/jemtac.2016.4
Subject(s) - emergency department , medicine , pain management , regional hospital , regional anaesthesia , acute pain , medical emergency , regional anesthesia , emergency medicine , anesthesia , nursing
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.