This technique is often used in the emergency department for the performance of painful or uncomfortable procedures. Common purposes include: * laceration repair * setting fractures * draining abscesses * reducing dislocations * performing endoscopy * for cardioversion * during various dental procedures * during transesophageal echocardiogram * and certain imaging or minor procedures where the patient is unable (or unwilling) to keep still—especially children
Procedural sedation and analgesia
Preemptive analgesia
Placebo analgesia
Intravenous regional anesthesia
Spinal mobilization
Spinal manipulation
Neurosurgical anesthesia
Electroanalgesia