Regional Anesthesia in Emergency and Disaster Medicine

Regional Anesthesia in Trauma Medicine

Regional anesthesia is an established method to provide analgesia for patients in the operating room and during the postoperative phase. While regional anesthesia offers unique advantages, as shown by the recent military experience, it is not commonly utilized in the prehospital or emergency department setting. Most often, regional anesthesia techniques for traumatized patients are first utiliz...

Disaster Management and Emergency Medicine in Malaysia

Disaster and Emergency Medicine – A Conceptual Introduction

Disasters and Mass Casualty Incidents (MCI) occur out of the blue, most times without warning, and in a wide scope of locations. Each disaster is different from the rest, both in the past and in the future. This creates a situation where the experience accumulated in one place is relatively small and localized in the long-haul, and it is therefore our duty to learn and share information, knowle...

Regional Anesthesia in the Emergency Room

Recent findings In the emergency department, patients may experience significant pain, and adequate analgesia is not always provided. Regional analgesia is effective and indicated for many trauma situations including hip fracture, reduction of shoulder dislocation, treatment of upper limb fractures and multiple rib fractures. Ultrasound guidance makes the performance of regional blocks more acc...

Ultrasound-Guided Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine