Regional Nerve Block
Critical Care Compendium - The C-IMPLE approach to regional nerve block
Category Anaesthesiology
Frank J. Murphy
Francis John Murphy (1900 - 1972) was an American anesthesiologist. Murphy Endotracheal Tube and the Murphy eye (1941)
Bier Block
Bier Block; Intravenous regional anaesthesia (IVRA) provides a simple, safe technique for various surgeries on the upper and lower limbs. First performed by Bier in 1908 and fell into disuse
August Karl Gustav Bier
August Karl Gustav Bier (1861-1949) German Surgeon. Used Esmarch tourniquet forming the basis of his eponymous Bier block regional anaesthesia
Archie Brain
Archie Ian Jeremy Brain (1942 – ) British anaesthetist. Best known as the inventor of the laryngeal mask (LMA™)
Arthur Ernest Guedel
Arthur Ernest Guedel (1883 – 1956) was an American anesthesiologist. Guedel Oropharyngeal airway and classification system
T. Philip Ayre
Thomas Philip Ayre (1901-1979) was an English anaesthetist. Ayre is most well-known for his eponymous T-piece, a device which revolutionised anaesthesia for babies and children.
William Ganz
William Ganz (1919 – 2009) Slovakian-born American cardiologist. Co-invented the Swan-Ganz catheter with Jeremy Swan at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center 1970
Jeremy Swan
Harold James Charles 'Jeremy' Swan (1922 – 2005) was an was an Irish cardiologist. Co-invented the Swan-Ganz catheter with William Ganz in 1970
Ivan Whiteside Magill
Sir Ivan Whiteside Magill (1888 – 1986) was an Irish Anaesthetist. Epomnymously affiliated with various anaesthetic devices such as the Magill forceps
Henry Hill Hickman
Henry Hill Hickman (1800 – 1830) was an English physician, country doctor and discoverer of inhalation anaesthesia
Henry Hill Hickman Medal
The Henry Hill Hickman Medal, is awarded every three years to individuals for original work of outstanding merit in anaesthesia by the Council of the Royal Society of Medicine