9 – Scanning technique

Place the patient supine

Place the probe in the sagittal plane below the lateral third of the clavicle and identify the axillary artery and vein below the pectoral muscles

Rotate the probe to obtain an oblique orientation with the proximal end of the probe medial and the distal end of the probe lateral

Visualize the sonoanatomical target (see next pages)

Insert the needle with in-plane technique from the proximal end of the probe and advance the needle tip to the target (see next pages) before injecting the local anaesthetic

Inject 10 mL for the PECS I block and step one of the PECS II block. Inject a supplementary 20 mL for step two of the PECS II block