You're giving local anaesthesia to a patient for his surgery. Suddenly, you realize that you've almost given the upper safety limit of local anaesthetic dose. The patient develops severe depression of his cardiac output . Luckily, he becomes alright after intravenous lipid administration. What should be done next? 1. Report this to your superior.
2. Write full details about this happening in the case sheet. 3. Investigate the case 4. Look for your insurance papers Answer: Write full details about this happening in the case sheet for records. Although all the options could have been implemented, documentation is most important.
