Indications

Goal

To provide safe and effective relief of acute pain for the following conditions:

  • Femur (neck & shaft) fractures
  • Patella injuries/fracture
  • Anterior thigh wound care

 

Contraindications

  • Patient refusal
  • Allergy to local anaesthetic
  • Infection over site of injection
  • Coagulopathy (relative contraindication, use clinical judgement)

 

Complications

  • Intravascular injection causing local anesthetic systemic toxicity (LAST)
  • Intra-neuronal injection (can cause temporary or permanent nerve damage)
  • Block failure
  • Infection