Regional blocks offers many characteristics of an ideal analgesic in trauma patients. Unique advantages include superior analgesia, increased alertness, patient cooperation, avoidance of opioid side effects and chronic pain protection. Although peripheral nerve block is generally safer in trauma patients, careful risk-benefit analysis must be used when considering RA techniques. 

This comprehensive course has been tailored for both Anaesthesia and Emergency Medicine doctors. It focuses on practising how to perform safe and effective ultrasound-guided peripheral nerve blocks, perform and stabilise a nerve block catheter and discuss circumstances when RA is not an appropriate option in trauma settings. We provide a ‘faculty heavy’ course delivered by consultants experienced in teaching and providing regional anaesthesia for trauma. There will be a maximum of 3 delegates per station and plenty of hands-on scanning experience in addition to practising needling in cadaveric porcine models.