"Mock before you block": an in-built action-check to prevent wrong-side anaesthetic nerve blocks.

Whereas the seriousness of wrong-site surgery is long established, the notion of wrong-side anaesthetic nerve block as an adverse event is more recent; probably published first by Edmonds et al. in 2005. As a preventive measure, they suggested a ‘pre-anaesthetic check’ equivalent to the pre-operativ...

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Main Authors: Pandit, J, Matthews, J, Pandit, M
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2016