Cambridge Ultrasound Guided Regional Anaesthesia Course
Department of Anatomy
University of Cambridge
Downing Street
Cambridge
CB2 3DY
24th and 25th of June 2013
Course delegates to visit www.nerveblocks.co.uk and listen to lectures on ‘Physics
behind ultrasound’ and ‘Peripheral nerve stimulators’.
Limb blocks and chronic pain blocks stream.
Programme (Limb blocks)
Day 1
0915
Coffee and Registration
0930-1030
Overview of upper limb blocks (3G01, 3G02, 3G03)
1030-1130
Workshop 1
1130-1230
Workshop 2
1230-1400
Lunch
1330-1430
Workshop 3
1430-1530
Workshop 4
1530-1600
Coffee
1600-1700
Workshop 5
All workshops (3G03, 3G04)will cover basics of how to do a particular nerve block
using ultrasound but will also cover advanced techniques e.g.:
Interscalene block: Finding root levels, superficial cervical plexus, greater auricular
nerve, phrenic nerve, dorsal scapular nerve, suprascapular nerve, vertebral artery.
Day 1 will cover: Interscalene, axillary, supraclavicular block, elbow including
medial and lateral cutaneous nerves of the forearm and popliteal block.
Day 2 (limb blocks)
0900-1000
Overview of lower limb blocks. (3G01, 3G02, 3G03)
1000-1015
Coffee
1015-1115
Workshop 6
1115-1215
Workshop 7
1215-1315
Lunch
1315-1415
Workshop 8
1415-1515
Workshop 9
1515-1530
Coffee
1530-1630
Workshop 10
Day 2 workshops (3G03, 3G04) will cover Sciatic block (posterior/subgluteal/anterior
approach), ankle block, Femoral, Tap and abdominal blocks and Epidural.
On both the days delegates will have opportunity to practise needling techniques on
phantoms. We will wherever applicable cover nerve stimulator guided techniques as
well.
Each workshop lasts for 60 minutes. The first ten minutes are dedicated to explaining
the anatomy related to the nerve block using prosections (Total anatomy teaching time
of 100 minutes over two days). The next ten minutes are used to explain the block
technique. The remaining 40 minutes are dedicated for the delegates to have
opportunity to scan the volunteers, ask questions to the faculty and brush up on their
anatomy using prosections. There are four delegates per workshop.
Chronic pain :
Day 1:
Workshop 1and 2 (morning session):
Neck: Finding cervical roots, superficial cervical plexus, greater auricular nerve,
phrenic nerve, dorsal scapular nerve, suprascapular nerve, vertebral artery, stellate
ganglion block, greater occipital nerve, suprascapular nerve block.
Workshop 3:
Tap and abdominal blocks including ilioinguinal and iliohypogastric block
Workshop 4&5:
Lumbar epidural, lumbar facet, caudal and lumbar paravertebral block.
Workshop :
Day 2:
Workshop 6
Supraclavicular block
Workshop 7
Popliteal block
Workshop 8:
Axillary and elbow block
Workshop 9:
Femoral and lateral femoral cutaneous nerve block
Workshop 10:
Sciatic and ankle block