Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Teaching peripheral nerve blocks for the head and neck area to dermatologists

Abstract

Background  Peripheral nerve blocks in the head and neck region can be useful for a large number of surgical or otherwise painful procedures carried out by dermatologists. As anaesthesiologists cannot always be available to help dermatologists place nerve blocks in outpatient settings, training courses for these physicians are warranted.


Objectives  To present a method of teaching nerve blocks for the face and scalp to dermatologists during residency and/or continuing medical education programmes.


Methods  Half-day courses with theoretical education, video demonstrations and supervised ‘hands-on’ training were organized to teach supraorbital/supratrochlear, infraorbital, mental and ...

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