iarjmsIARJMSIARJMS2708-3594https://doi.org/10.47310/iarjms.2020.v01i01.031Regional Anesthesia in Covid 19-Do’s and Don’tsKanikaSharmaAmitSachdevaMedical Officer (Anaesthesia) at Deendyal Upadhyay Zonal Hospital Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, IndiaSenior Resident, Department, Preventive and Social Medicine, Indira Gandhi Medical College and Hospital Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, IndiaRegional Anesthesia (RA) is preferred over General Anesthesia (GA) for patients with COVID 19 to reduce the risk of transmission. Minimizing the many aerosol-generating procedures performed during general anesthesia, anesthesiologists can reduce exposure to patients’ respiratory secretions and the risk of perioperative viral transmission to healthcare workers and other patients. To avoid any airway manipulation, regional anesthesia should be considered whenever surgery is planned for a suspect or confirmed COVID-19 patient or any patient who poses an infection risk. Regional anesthesia has benefits of preservation of respiratory function, avoidance of aerosolization and hence viral transmission.