Anesthetists pose different challenges in burn cases associated with polytrauma. Here, we present a case of a 35-year-old male electrician with an electric burn and a fall from height who sustained major chest trauma (hemothorax, pneumothorax, emphysema, and multiple rib fracture, and bilateral femur fracture). The collocated burn over the spinal region posed the challenge to administering a subarachnoid block, which was overcome with a paramedian approach anesthesia.
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