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Department of Emergency Medicine

Regional Anesthesia 

 
The purpose of this web site is to provide emergency clinicians with an online instructional resource describing clinically relevant peripheral nerve blocks.  Each of the sections provides a brief description of the anatomy, distribution of anesthesia, technique and potential pitfalls.  A video display of each nerve block is provided with narration.

Materials and Local Anesthetics
The Digital Block
Hand
 - Median nerve
 - Ulnar nerve
 - Radial nerve
Foot
 - Posterior Tibial nerve
 - Sural nerve
 - Saphenous nerve
 - Deep Peroneal nerve
 - Superficial Peroneal nerve
Face
 - Supraorbital nerve
 - Supratrochlear nerve
 - Infraorbital nerve
 - Inferior Alveolar nerve
 - Mental nerve
Future Additions
Femoral Nerve block
Using a peripheral nerve stimulator



 

 

 

 

 

For more information, please contact Douglas Dillon.

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