Do you follow-up on nerve blocks?

[ethilo]

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I had a recent discussion with an anesthesiologist involved in litigation / malpractice lawsuits who shared with me he always calls his patients that received a single-shot peripheral nerve block daily until their block resolves. Which typically is just a single phone call after the first day.

Is this a typical way to practice? I admittedly never call patients or follow-up after a single shot block, unless there was something specific with the patient that needed follow-up. We always have our OB anesthesiologist of the day call patients and see inpatient catheters.

I'm just trying to figure out if I need to change what I do particularly in regards to single-shot blocks :-|

 

[nopain1234]

No news is good news

 

[deleted1130227]

No news is good news

Don’t ask. Don’t tell.
WNL- We never looked.

 

[IMGASMD]

One of the jobs that I had, we would call. The rationale was they used to place catheters, so it just became the culture. Also they had a horrible complication, I am sure that also had something to do with it.

 

[mtbtx]

Do you also call every postop general until sore throat/hoarseness resolved?

 

[ProwlerturnGas]

Single shots no, catheters we send home with onQ and we’ll call daily until out

 

[narcusprince]

Out here no for single shots.