Video transcript describing the planned bone marrow aspirate procedure: goals (minimize pain), steps for patient positioning (face down on table), local palpation of the iliac crest, and use of ultrasound to localize the site prior to harvesting and injection. The speaker emphasizes that only the numbing medicine should cause discomfort.
The goal for today is to do this procedure with no pain. What we're going to be doing today is going over the process for bone marrow aspirate, harvesting and the injection process with you. Okay. So the goal for today is to do this procedure with no pain. The only thing that should cause any discomfort today is the numbing medicine. The first thing we're going to do in a moment is take you over to the procedure room. You're going to lie down face down with your face in a pillow like a massage table. I'm going to first do some palpating on the back of your pelvic, the top of. We call it the iliac crest. It's the top of the pelvic bone. I'm going to use ultrasound to find the exact spot. We're going to work on.
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