Al Harbi Mohammed, Kaki Abdullah M, Kamal Adil, El-Dawlatly Abdelazeem, Daghistani Mohammed, El Tahan Mohamed R
Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Science, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Saudi J Anaesth. 2013 Oct;7(4):367-70. doi: 10.4103/1658-354X.121041.
This survey aimed to assess both the extent of practice and need for training in regional anesthesia among anesthesiologists in Saudi Arabia in 2012.
We distributed an electronic survey among 382 anesthesiologists attending the bi-annual meetings of the Saudi Anesthetic Association, enquiring about their practice in regional anesthesia. Questions concerned the practice of regional anesthesia, use of ultrasound guidance, and the need for training workshops.
The response rate of anesthetists was 55.2% with most of them were males and had mean age of 25-50 years. Most anesthesiologists (88.2%) were practicing regional anesthesia frequently in the operating rooms (75.3%) rather than designated block room. From the respondents, only 14.2% did fellowship in regional anesthesia, 21.8% and 18.5% were using ultrasound and nerve stimulation guidance, respectively, 11.4% received formal training, and 86.3% were willing to attend training workshops on regional anesthesia. There was a significant negative correlation between the ultrasound users and their institutional positions (r=-0.191) (P=0.026).
We believe that more could be done to improve the practice of regional anesthesia in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, including the implementation of formal training and conduction of more frequent specialized courses/workshops in the field of regional anesthesia with special reference to ultrasound regional anesthesia blockade techniques.
本次调查旨在评估2012年沙特阿拉伯麻醉医生区域麻醉的实践程度及培训需求。
我们向参加沙特麻醉协会半年一次会议的382名麻醉医生发放了电子调查问卷，询问他们在区域麻醉方面的实践情况。问题涉及区域麻醉的实践、超声引导的使用以及培训工作坊的需求。
麻醉医生的回复率为55.2%，其中大多数为男性，平均年龄在25至50岁之间。大多数麻醉医生（88.2%）常在手术室（75.3%）而非指定的阻滞室进行区域麻醉。在受访者中，只有14.2%完成了区域麻醉专科培训，分别有21.8%和18.5%使用超声和神经刺激引导，11.4%接受过正规培训，86.3%愿意参加区域麻醉培训工作坊。超声使用者与其所在机构职位之间存在显著负相关（r = -0.191）（P = 0.026）。
我们认为，在沙特阿拉伯王国可以采取更多措施来改善区域麻醉的实践，包括开展正规培训以及更频繁地举办区域麻醉领域的专业课程/工作坊，尤其要参考超声区域麻醉阻滞技术。
