Paravertebral Nerve Block
Course time: 1h 25min
How should you position a patient for comfort during a paravertebral nerve block? How do you know that you are injecting local anesthetic into the paravertebral space? How does the parietal pleura appear on ultrasound? These questions and more are answered in the Paravertebral Nerve Block course.
of 7 sections completed
Paravertebral Nerve Block: Introduction
Introductory material and disclaimer
Paravertebral Nerve Block: Pretest
Assess your current knowledge in this subject area with a pretest
Paravertebral Nerve Block: Lesson 1
Introduction, background, and anatomy
Paravertebral Nerve Block: Mid-Test
Assess your knowledge of the material presented in lesson 1 with a mid-test
Paravertebral Nerve Block : Lesson 2
Technique
Paravertebral Nerve Block: Post-Test
Assess your knowledge of the material presented in lesson 1 and lesson 2 with a post-test. Score 80% or higher to receive a certificate of completion.
Description
- Posterior
- Anterior
- Medial
- Lateral
- Transverse process
- Internal intercostal membrane
- Pleura
- Yellow Arrow: Needle projection into PVS (red triangle)
Description
- Transverse Process
- Internal Intercostal Membrane
Yellow Arrow – Needle Approach
Description
- Transverse Process
- Costal Transverse Ligament
- Pleura
- Paravertebral Space
Description
- Local Anesthetic Spread
- Transverse Process
- Pleura
- External Intercostal Muscle
- Lateral
- Medial
Yellow Arrows – Needle
Description
- Transverse Process
- Costal Transverse Ligament
- Lung
- Paravertebral Space