Digital Nerve Block

  • Sterile gloves
  • Sterile drape
  • Sterile gauze
  • 10-ml syringe
  • Blunt needle to draw up anesthetic
  • 27 to 30 gauge needle for injection
  • Lidocaine 1% or 2% (buffer with sodium bicarbonate if possible*)
  • Chlorhexidine cleansing solution (or other approved skin cleanser)

*1 part of 1mEq/mL of sodium bicarbonate to 9 or 10 parts of lidocaine

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