Ultrasound-Guided Fascia Iliaca Block
FIGURE 36-1. Needle insertion for the fascia iliaca block. The blue dot indicates the position of the femoral artery. General Considerations Fascia iliaca block is a low-tech alternative to a…
Local Anesthetics: Clinical Pharmacology and Rational Selection
Local Anesthetics: Clinical Pharmacology and Rational Selection Jeff Gadsden Local anesthetics (LAs) prevent or relieve pain by interrupting nerve conduction. They bind to specific receptor sites on the sodium (Na+)…
Research with vulnerable persons such as children and prisoners
. Protecting vulnerable persons in research Necessary protections have two components: fair subject selection, and the specific care required to minimize wrongs to vulnerable persons once they are enrolled in…
Ethical considerations regarding the disabled anesthesiologist
701 et seq. 6 42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq 7 29 U.S.C. 2601 et seq 8* Percival, T. (1803). Medical Ethics; Or, a Code of Institutes and Precepts, Adapted to…
Informed refusal – the Jehovah’s Witness patient
principle of beneficence may weigh more heavily than respecting individual autonomy. Adults with appropriate decision-making capacity express their autonomy through the informed consent process. Physicians demonstrate respect for the autonomy…
Triage and treatment of wounded during armed conflict
Table 47.2. Factors influencing discrete categorization of the wounded help protect (or at least not breach) the internal morality of military physicians, whose behavior by virtue of formal and informal…
Physician participation in executions
Table 49.2. Fractionalization of responsibility during executions to diffuse responsibility (Note: not all institutions have identical execution processes, so these examples may not be universal) the execution procedure; monitoring vital…
