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Ear Field Block
Aka: Ear Field Block, Auricle Anesthesia
- Technique
- Prepare skin with betadine, hibiclens or Alcohol
- Draw up 12 cc anesthetic (fill 10 cc syringe beyond marker)
- Lidocaine 1% without Epinephrine OR
- Bupivicaine 0.25% without Epinephrine
- Identify 2 injection sites
- Midline superior (1 cm above the ear)
- Insert the needle and direct anteriorly
- Inject 3 cc anesthetic while withdrawing the needle (so needle tip is still within skin)
- Redirect needle posterioly
- Inject 3 cc anesthetic while withdrawing the needle
- Midline inferior (1 cm below the ear)
- Repeat the same technique as for the superior injection
- Resources
- LacerationRepair.com (Brian Lin, MD)
- https://lacerationrepair.com/blocks/field-block-of-the-ear/