Tuesday, August 1st
Clinical Themes:
• Breast
cancer: lymphatic spread, peau d’orange, etc.
• Cubital venipuncture
• Intercostal nerve block
Question of the Day:
A patient with a severely fractured rib presents with dyspnea
and pain. To relieve the pain to allow further evaluation and treatment,
anesthetic is injected into adjacent intercostal spaces. What structures
will the needle penetrate? What structures are to be avoided?
Download the Plasma Presentation that played during lab: PDF PowerPoint