Rajesh Gupta MBBS MD, FRCA, FFPMRCA, EDRA, EDPM, FIPP is a Consultant in Anaesthesia and Pain Management for the NHS in London and Honorary Lecturer at the University of East Anglia. He gained his medical degree from the University of Jammu, India, and continued his training at the North Central School of Anesthesia, London, UK. He became a Consultant in 2014. His interests include acute and chronic pain management, Neuromodulation, use of ultrasound in regional anaesthesia and pain medicine. He is involved with teaching undergraduates and is an examiner for the same. He has many publications to his name and has written three books on regional anaesthesia and pain medicine.

Learning resource for the ESRA diploma examination and the regional anaesthesia component of FRCA examinations

Highly relevant to equivalent US and Canadian examinations

Includes informative scans and diagrams

Part 1. Principles.- Anatomy and physiology of acute pain.- Assessment and monitoring of acute pain.- Pharmacology of acute pain management.- Benefits and complications of regional anaesthesia.- Equipment.- Usage of ultrasound.- Pharmacology of local anaesthetic drugs.- Part 2.- Peripheral Nerve Blocks.- The upper extremity.- The lower extremity.- Thorax, abdomen and pelvis.- Peripheral perineural catheters.- Ophthalmic regional anaesthesia.- Head, neck and airway.- Part 3. Central Neuraxial Blocks.- Anatomy and physiology and sonoanatomy.- Techniques.- Complications of the procedures.- Part 4. Pain.- Regional anaesthesia and acute pain.