Exam 11: Fundamentals for Administration of Local Anesthetic Agents

The deposition site for a nerve block injection is at a greater distance from the penetration site than for a field block or infiltration injection.

Match the following -Field block injection

The safest rate of deposition of local anesthetics allows for the delivery of approximately1.0 mL of solution per minute.

Match the following -Nerve block injection

Informed consent should be obtained from a patient or guardian prior to administering injections.

Efforts to reduce stress from the beginning to the end of an injection are enhanced by maintaining positive, ________ with the patient.

The final safety step during an injection procedure is to properly ________ the needle prior to disposal.

Match the following -Supportive communication

What is the minimum recommended rate of injection?

A field block injection is also called:

Which of the following describes the penetration site?

A clinician should not stand during the administration of local anesthesia injections.

Explain how an aspiration test performed?

Match the following -Penetration site

Match the following -Needle pathway

The first step of the Standard Operating Procedure for all injections is locating and preparing armamentarium.

________ tests reduce the risk of inadvertent deposition of drugs into the bloodstream.

The two most important patient safety steps during an injection are locating the penetration site and deposition sites.

Which of the following is important but is not a recommended step in the PREP strategy?

What is a false-negative aspiration and how can it be prevented?