Authors

1Andrés Vidorreta López, 2Delia González de la Cuesta

Position

¹Enfermero. Servicios de Traslados y Emergencias en UVI móvil. Emergencias del Noroeste SL. Zamora. ²Enfermera. Máster en Ciencias de la Salud. Profesora asociada de la Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud. Universidad de Zaragoza. Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos. Hospital Royo Villanova. Zaragoza.

Contact address

Andrés Vidorreta López. Avda. Madrid, 100-7º A. 50010 Zaragoza.

Contact email: andresvidorreta@gmail.com

Abstract

Arterial puncture is a common technique in Specialized Care, and really painful for patients. There are various procedures in order to make it more comfortable, but only the injection of local anaesthesia has shown to be effective. However, this is not used due to different reasons: lack of training, wrong ideas, and absence of protocols to help conducting an evidence-based practice. With the aim to learn about the most recent recommendations in a structured manner, a bibliographic review has been conducted, looking for the latest evidence in this matter; and based on this, a protocol-like proposal has been prepared. There is enough evidence to include anaesthesia within the arterial puncture procedure. To prepare an updated protocol is considered an element of improvement in the quality of patient care, and to reduce variability in said care.

Keywords:

Arterial puncture; arterial blood gas; local anaesthesia; painNursing techniques

Versión en Español

Título:

Protocolo para la punción arterial con anestesia local