Regional

Question 0

Dural tap?

Answer 0

1. Occipital pain on standing
2. Photophobia
3. May need blood patch if symptoms do not resolve in 48hrs

Question 1

Complications of epidural anaesthetic?

Answer 1

1. Dural tap (1-5%)

2. Hypotension - due to splanchnic vasodilation

Question 2

Epidural blood patch?

Answer 2

Small amount of patient own blood is injected in to epidural space

Question 3

What procedures are epidurals suitable for?

Answer 3

1. Procedures less than 2 hours

Vasomotor paralysis reduces venous bleeding

Question 4

5 nerves that need to be anaesthetised for an ankle block

Answer 4

1. Saphenous nerve (terminal branch of femoral nerve)
4 nerves derived from sciatic nerve 
2. Tibial nerve
3. Sural nerve 
4. Superficial peroneal nerve 
5. Deep peroneal nerve