The nurse is caring for a patient who is scheduled to have a needle biopsy of the pleura. The patient tells the anesthesiologist he wants a local conduction block. Which local conduction block can be used to block the nerves leading to the chest?
A) Transsacral block
B) Brachial plexus block
C) Peudental block
D) Paravertebral block
Ans: D
Feedback: Examples of common local conduction blocks include paravertebral anesthesia, which produces anesthesia of the nerves supplying the chest, abdominal wall, and extremities; brachial plexus block, which produces anesthesia of the arm; and transsacral (caudal) block, which produces anesthesia of the perineum and, occasionally, the lower abdomen. A peudental block was used in obstetrics before the almost-routine use of epidural anesthesia.
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