Analgesia of the arm.

The opening sequences of this film set the scene; two young motorbikers race down a country road. Beyond the horizon, one crashes. Then an ambulance takes the injured biker to hospital with his arm in a bandage. Intertitles: 1. Axillary block and 2. Intravenous block. This film demonstrates the method of regional analgesia on the arm. Anatomical detail is penned onto the patient. A female patient requiring a minor operation to her hand is then shown. The skin is prepared and a needle with the anaesthetic agent applied to the underarm region. The simplicity of the methodology and the lack of equipment required for analgesia is emphasised - as well as the benefit to the patient.