Regional nerve blocks 1: wrist blocks

Wounds and injuries to hands are common presentations to emergency departments. Traditionally wounds would be treated by infiltration of the wound with a local anaesthetic. This has the disadvantage of distorting the wound edges and making it difficult to oppose the wound edges.If a wound or an injury involves many different parts of the hand multiple infiltration points may be required to ensure adequate pain relief to enable treatment to occur.By using a regional block of the wrist the whole