This article discusses the various techniques that nurses can use to perform digital nerve blocks, which are some of the most common procedures undertaken by emergency practitioners treating patients with finger injuries. In covering the advantages and disadvantages of each technique, it focuses primarily on the digits of the hand, but the techniques can also be performed on toes.
AbstractThis article discusses the various techniques that nurses can use to perform digital nerve blocks, which are some of the most common procedures undertaken by emergency practitioners treating patients with finger injuries. In covering the advantages and disadvantages of each technique, it focuses primarily on the digits of the hand, but the techniques can also be performed on toes.