Practicals · Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery · General principles and basic techniques
Local anaesthetic infiltration
- Type
- Procedure
- Curriculum level
- PI - perform independently (NMC)
- Also called
- local anaesthesia
Videos and resources
- VideoInfiltrating a Wound with Local Anesthetic before Suturing2:46
- VideoSuturing: 1 Infiltrating local anaesthetic2:48
- +66 more links
Links point to material published by others; SolvedPGSS does not host it. Check any technique against your department's protocol before you use it on a patient.
Where the curriculum asks for it
“Demonstrate the administration of local anaesthetics, Tumescent anaesthesia, nerve blocks in patients” ( NMC DM/MCh guidelines, page 8)
“Local anaesthesia, nerve blocks, regional an aesthesia.” ( NBEMS DrNB curriculum, page 9)
“Local anaesthesia, nerve blocks, regional anaesthesia.” ( NBEMS DrNB direct 6-year curriculum, page 14)
“Local anesthetics in Plastic Surgery” ( NBEMS DrNB direct 6-year curriculum, page 9)