Nerve Block Gallery - Fascia Iliaca Block for Subtrochanteric Femur Fracture
Caption
90s F presented with lower extremity pain after mechanical trip and fall at home. Radiographs demonstrated a subtrochanteric femur fracture. The patient had significant pain after arrival and so a fascia iliaca block was performed. The block is shown here, with the needle entering from the lateral aspect (screen left), depositing anesthetic in the fascia iliaca plane, just deep to the sartorius muscle (*). The patient had improvement of her pain rapidly after the block and was admitted for surgery. Dr. Daniel Fuchs, PGY2 Denver Health Residency in Emergency Medicine