An Ultrasound-Guided Regional Anesthesia Elective for Emergency Medicine Residents.

ABSTRACT:

Audience

This ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia elective is designed for emergency medicine residents.

Length of curriculum

The proposed length of this curriculum is over one week.

Introduction

Ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia (UGRA) is a useful tool in the emergency department (ED) for managing painful conditions, and many programs have identified that these are useful skills for emergency providers; however, only about 53% of programs report teaching UGRA as part of their core curriculum, and there currently are no widely available or peer reviewed nerve block curricula designed for emergency medicine residents.

Educational goals

To deliver an immersive 1-week elective to provide residents a strong foundation in principles of UGRA and an introduction

SUBMITTER: Tucker RV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10334442 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature