title: Use of digital nerve blocks to provide anaesthetic relief.
abstract: This article discusses the various techniques that nurses can use to perform digital nerve blocks, which are some of the most common procedures undertaken by emergency practitioners treating patients with finger injuries. In covering the advantages and disadvantages of each technique, it focuses primarily on the digits of the hand, but the techniques can also be performed on toes.
authors: Emergency Department, Redlands Hospital, Cleveland, Queensland, Australia.
authors: Anthony
authors: A
authors: Summers
mesh_terms: D000779:Anesthetics, Local / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000009:adverse effects; D002045:Bupivacaine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects; D005383:Finger Injuries / Q000188:drug therapy*; D005385:Fingers / Q000294:innervation; D006801:Humans; D008012:Lidocaine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects; D009407:Nerve Block / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods* / Q000451:nursing
chemical_list: D000779:Anesthetics, Local; D008012:Lidocaine; D002045:Bupivacaine