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Intravenous Regional Analgesia (Biers Block) — Safe or Not?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 June 2012

Stefan Cembrowicz  and
Peter J. F. Baskett
Stefan Cembrowicz
Affiliation:
Accident and Emergency Department and the Anaesthetic Department, Bristol Royal Infirmary, Bristol, United Kingdom.
Peter J. F. Baskett
Affiliation:
Accident and Emergency Department and the Anaesthetic Department, Bristol Royal Infirmary, Bristol, United Kingdom.
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Extract

The concept of using Intravenous Regional Analgesia (IVRA) in the mass casualty situation is potentially an attractive alternative to the use of general anesthesia in the management of limb fractures. The purpose of this paper is to outline the history and development of the technique and emphasize important guidelines designed to increase the safety of the method.

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Research Article
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Prehospital and Disaster Medicine , Volume 3 , Issue 1: Contributions from the Third World Congress on Emergency and Disaster Medicine, Rome, Italy, May, 1983 , 1987 , pp. 14 - 16
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Copyright © World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine 1987

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