Supraclavicular Block
Regional Anesthesia and Chronic Pain Applications
See below video and watch how Dr. Rosenblum uses the Trans-trapezius Suprasclavicular block to provide anesthesia for shoulder Bone Marrow Aspirate injection
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The most important landmark
Provides Anesthesia of the:
Locating the Brachial Plexus above the clavicle
Start from the supraclavicular space and look for the subclavian artery
Alternatively you can start in the neck in the anterior midline at the level of the thyroid gland and move laterally, identifying the carotid, internal jugular and then the anterior scalene and middle scalene, triangulating against the sternocleidomastoid muscle in the scan distal until you see the supraclavicular artery
A good place to end your search is where the nerves appear as a bunch of grapes around the artery
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