HOLLYWOOD, Fla.—To optimally manage pain in patients presenting with acute injuries after hours, anesthesiologists and emergency medicine physicians should collaborate to perform nerve blocks in the emergency department (ED), according to a panel discussion at the 2023 spring meeting of the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine.
Over the past 10-plus years, a growing number of emergency physicians have been performing regional anesthesia techniques in the ED, most