Università degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia
Corso di laurea in infermieristica - Sede di Modena
| Thesis Title | Use of lidocaine as local anaesthesia in the arterial puncture procedure |
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| Name | Accorsi Martina |
| Supervisor(s) | Nicolini Patrizia |
| Academic Year | 2013/14 |
| Thesis type | Non research thesis |
Abstract
Arterial punctures are performed in order to obtain blood samples for gas analysis, which gives many informations about patient’s quality of ventilation, acid/base equilibrium and glycaemic levels. Arterial puncture is mainly used in ER, however, this procedure is pretty painful. In order to reduce pain, it’s possible to use local anesthetics such as lidocaine infiltration. Patients who experienced local anesthetics before the arterial puncture reported lower level of pain than the ones who got the direct puncture without any anesthesia. However, subcutaneous lidocaine caused discomfort during injection, in fact some patients referred that the pain experienced during the administration of local anesthetic was as painful as the direct arterial puncture. Some suggestion were given to decrease the discomfort during local anesthetic application.