Setting Up an Upper Limb Regional Anaesthesia Service for Day Surgery-A Practical Guide

Table of Contents

Introduction

1. Pre-operative considerations

List Organisation, Patient selection, Patient preparation, Equipment Preparation, Anaesthetic Practitioner (AP) preparation

2. Regional techniques by operation 

Arthroscopic sub-acromial decompression, Arthroscopic rotator cuff repair, Procedures for Frozen Shoulder, Major shoulder surgery, Arthroscopic elbow surgery and ulnar nerve release, Trapeziectomy, Palmar Fasciectomy

3. Peri-procedural and intraoperative care 

Monitoring, Positioning, Sedation, Troubleshooting: What to do when the block isn't working, Troubleshooting: Haemodynamics

4. Post-operative care

Care in recovery, Patient Instructions and take-away prescriptions, Discharge criteria, Care following discharge

5. Future directions

Quality, Safety and Efficiency, Innovations, Setting up your own service

Appendices

References, Website, Text Books and Key Papers, Safety publications