NovPod - Season 2, Episode 11: Prevention and management of pain during caesarean section

Eoin and Rosie are joined by Susanna Stanford, a patient advocate, to talk through how to the importance of the prevention and management of pain during C-section. We discuss how to avoid pitfalls when testing neuraxial anaesthesia and how to manage problems under regional anaesthesia, then go on to talk about the criticality of patient communication and human factors when facing problems with neuraxial blockade.

References
-        Prevention and management of intra-operative pain during caesarean section under neuraxial anaesthesia: a technical and interpersonal approach
-        What is ‘genuine’ failure of neuraxial anaesthesia?
-        You test because you cannot make assumptions