2. Spinal & CSE Placement Flashcards
what is the 2mL vial of .75% marcaine used for?
injected into CSF for spinal
what is the most common spinal dose of marcaine for OB?
1.4-1.6mL
10.5-12mg
what syringe is used for intrathecal local anesthetic?
5mL syringe
what gauge needle is on the spinal syringe?
18ga or 22ga
used to draw up the macaine in the spinal syringe
what gauge needle is used to inject the lidocaine for the skin wheel?
25ga needle
what is the spinal needle usually? gauge and type
25ga
whitacre needle
when should the introducer needle be used
when the spinal needle is smaller than 22ga
what gauge is the introducer needle
18ga
what is the benefit to using the introducer needle
less likely that your spinal needle is going to bend
which way should the bevel on the spinal needle be oriented?
sideways to reduce the risk of PDPH
steps to spinal placement 16
- Open the kit
- Open the narcotic vial if using narcotics
- Put on sterile gloves
- Prep the patient
- Apply the sterile drape
- Draw up everything while waiting for the betadine to dry
- Wipe off the betadine with gauze at the area of needle insertion
- Make a skin wheel with 1% lidocaine
- Insert the 18ga introducer
- Insert the spinal needle through the introducer until a “pop” is felt
- Remove the stylet from the spinal needle and observe CSF flow
- Aspirate CSF through the spinal needle to observe the CSF “swirl”
- Inject 10.5-12mg 0.75% bupivacaine
- Remove the needles from the patient’s back
- Place the patient in left uterine displacement
- Check the dermatome sensory level of the block
what 3 things do you need to potentially drop in the sterile field prior to CSE?
two sterile tegaderm
espocan CSE tuohy needle
plastic syringe
steps to a CSE placement 24
- Open the kit
- Drop the following on the field in sterile fashion:
Two sterile tegaderm
Espocan CSE Tuohy needle & 27ga spinal needle (optional if not in package)
Plastic syringe on field (optional) - Put on sterile gloves
- Prep the patient
- Apply the sterile drape
- Draw up everything while waiting for betadine to dry
- Wipe off betadine with gauze at the area of needle insertion
- Make a skin wheel with 1% lidocaine
- Insert the Tuohy needle to the 3cm mark
- Connect the loss of resistance syringe to the Tuohy needle
- Guide the Tuohy needle into the epidural space with the loss of resistance technique
- Remove the loss of resistance syringe from the Tuohy needle
- Insert the spinal needle until a “pop” is felt
- Remove the stylet from the spinal needle and observe CSF flow
- Aspirate CSF and observe the CSF “swirl”
- Inject the spinal anesthetic and remove the spinal needle
- Insert the epidural catheter to the 16cm mark at Hub of Tuohy needle
- Remove the Tuohy needle from the patient’s back
- Pull the catheter back to the appropriate marking at the skin
- Attach the epidural “snaplock adapter”
- Secure the epidural catheter against the patient’s back with tegaderm
- Throw the epidural catheter over the patient’s shoulder and allow the nurse to connect the catheter to the epidural pump
- Place the patient in left uterine displacement if it’s a C-section
- Check the dermatome sensory level of the block