Nerve Block Gallery - Interscalene Brachial Plexus Nerve Block
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20s M with history of recurrent shoulder dislocation presented with shoulder pain and suspected dislocation. He was found to be neurovascularly intact, and after confirmation of dislocation with POCUS and XR, an interscalene nerve block was performed to facilitate reduction. The block is shown here, where the needle is seen entering from the posterior/lateral aspect at the left of screen, injecting anesthetic between the middle and anterior scalene muscles, adjacent to the brachial plexus nerve roots (*). The patient had relief of pain within minutes and was able to be reduced at the bedside without complication. Dr. Ian Eisenhauer, PGY-1 Denver Health Residency in Emergency Medicine