The Superficial cervical plexus block provides excellent anesthesia for the nape of the neck to perform the procedure here I'm using the pal scanner on the msk preset I'm going to identify the sternomastoid muscle going from the mastoid process down to where it joins at the sternum and clavicle here I'm going to find about the midpoint and I'm going to put the TR the scanner here on transverse there's my cored artery and just superficial to it is the sternomastoid I'm going to slide that scanner posterior to find that posterior aspect of the muscle belly this is my Target and I'm going to come in from posterior of the patient with my needle in plane right along that inferior fascial plane of the sternomastoid about halfway down is my target zone of where I'm going to inject my anesthesia and it's going to spread throughout that fascial plane within minutes of providing the Block it's going to provide anesthesia to the whole nape of the neck either to provide analgesia for a clavical fracture or to help facilitate other procedures that I need to perform in this area
