Learning Outcomes

At the end of this session, the students will able to:

• Define correctly all of the key words printed in bold.
• Explain the mechanism of action of local anesthetics
• Identify the advantages, disadvantages, indication and contraindication of spinal anesthesia
• Prepare the necessary items for spinal anesthesia
• Demonstrate techniques of spinal anesthesia
• Solve spinal anesthesia procedure practical problems
• Describe the factors that affect the distribution of local anesthetics and block height