Tourniquet Issues

July 18, 2012
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   Many times, a quality nerve block could be considered a ‘failure’ or the anesthetic plan has to be altered because the use of or the exact position of the tourniquet was not considered. You KNEW the case warranted a nerve block or a continuous nerve block, and you knew the appropriate nerves to block to cover the ENTIRE surgical procedure, and the block had had PLENTY of time to set up…..and you were even ready WAY ahead of the scheduled start time. And then you walk in the O.R., and you see someone applying the tourniquet…way up there!  “Well, if it starts to bother them, just slip in an LMA, I guess.” …

 

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2 Responses to Tourniquet Issues
  1. Margaret Garcia July 28, 2012 at 5:08 pm Reply

    Keep working, nice post! This was the information I had to know.

  2. admin August 30, 2012 at 2:48 am Reply

    I’d be happy to expand some of these points and include a few more insights. What else would you find helpful on this particular topic? Thank you for your interest! Jerry Jones M.D.


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