Mod 6: Regional Anaesthesia Flashcards
Regional anaesthesia involves?
Blocking specific peripheral nerves to achieve anaethesia to large body parts using small amounts of LA.
Why is regional Anaesthesia and excellent option for at risk patients?
Does not interfere with body physiology as opposed general or spinal anaethesia.
Regional Anaethesia can be used to reduced amount of general anaesthetic required and to extend anagesia into post op, TRUE or FALSE?
TRUE.
What Nerve supplies the outer side of the thigh from hip to knee?
Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve. (L2,3)
Which Nerve supplies the back of the Thigh?
Posterior Femoral Cutaneous Nerve (S1,2,3)
Which Nerve supplies the upper Thigh (anterior) lateral to medial?
- Subcostal (T12)
- Femoral branch of Genitofemoral (L1)
- Ilio-inguinal (L1)
Which Nerve supplies the front of the Thigh?
Femoral Nerve (L2,3,4)
Which Nerve supplies the inner Thigh?
Cutaneous branch of Obturator Nerve (L2,3)
Which Nerve supplies the Medial aspect of the Shin?
Saphenous Nerve (L3,4)
Which Nerve supplies the posterior aspect of the Shin, and lateral side of the foot?
Sural Nerve (S1)
Which Nerve supplies the anterior aspect of the Shin and dorsal aspect of the foot?
Superficial Peroneal (L4,5 S1)
Which Nerve supplies the upper lateral aspect of the Shin and the 1st web space?
Deep Peroneal Nerve (L5)
Which Nerve supplies the lateral aspect of the Knee?
Common Peroneal Nerve (L4,5,S1,2)
What are the Nerve supplies to sole of the foot?L
Medial: Medial Plantar Nerve, Saphenous N.
Lateral: Lateral Plantar Nerve, Sural Nerve
Heel: Calcaneal Nerve
What are the superficial nerves at the ankle joint?
- Sural (S1,2)
- Saphenous (L3,4)
- Superficial Peroneal (L4,5,S1,2)