TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Regional Nerve Blocks (Regional Anesthesia) A1 - Reichman, Eric F. A1 - Meer, Jehangir A2 - Reichman, Eric F. PY - 2018 T2 - Reichman's Emergency Medicine Procedures, 3e AB - Regional anesthesia or regional nerve blocks are defined as infiltration of a peripheral nerve with local anesthetic agents to attenuate motor output and sensory input. It provides anesthesia to allow problems to be treated efficiently and with minimal discomfort. Patients typically tolerate nerve blocks better than direct wound infiltration. Nerve blocks often require less local anesthetic solution than does infiltration of large wounds. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/04/18 UR - accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1159805732 ER -