A PRACTITIONER’S GUIDE TO
A Practitioner’s Guide to Gebauer’s Pain Ease® Pain Ease, an instant topical anesthetic skin refrigerant, is FDA-cleared to instantly and temporarily control the pain associated with needle procedures, minor surgical procedures and minor sports injuries. Pain Ease has been trusted by healthcare practitioners for over 10 years. Pain Ease is an easy to use, non-flammable, non-drug solution that begins working in just 4-10 seconds.
A Practitioner’s Guide to Gebauer’s Pain Ease® Pain Ease is safe for Aseptic Procedures “The vapocoolant (Pain Ease) 1,1,1,3,3 pentafluoropropane and 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane is sprayed on skin prepared with povidone-iodine; there is no statistically significant increase in bacterial colonization.” Schleicher WF, Richards BG, Huettner F, Ozturk C, Zuccaro P, Zins JE. Skin sterility after application of a vapocoolant spray. Dermatol Surg. 2014 Oct;40(10):1103-7. doi: 10.1097/01. DSS.0000452654.29636.56.
A Practitioner’s Guide to Gebauer’s Pain Ease® Indications and Usage Gebauer’s Pain Ease is a vapocoolant (skin refrigerant) intended for topical application on skin, intact mucous membranes and minor open wounds to temporarily control pain associated with: Immunizations Foreign body removal IV starts Lancing boils Joint injections Skin tag removal Blood draws Suturing and suture removal Incision and drainage of small abscesses Using Pain Ease is as easy as 1-2-3: 1 Prep Read product insert prior
A Practitioner’s Guide to Gebauer’s Pain Ease® USING COTTON TO APPLY PAIN EASE • Efficacy is equivalent to spraying Pain Ease directly to the skin • Great for sensitive patients COTTON The technique is easy! HELD 2. Spray • Spray 5ml of Pain Ease into a cup and place cotton swab, ball, or gauze into the cup until it is fully saturated with product. IN LOCATION LESSENS YOUCHIES! 1. Prep OR • Spray cotton directly for 10 seconds. 3.
A Practitioner’s Guide to Gebauer’s Pain Ease® Precautions ADVERSE REACTIONS: 1. Do not spray in the eyes. Freezing can occasionally alter skin 2. Do not use this product on persons with poor circulation or insensitive skin. 3. When used to produce local freezing of tissues, adjacent skin areas should be protected by an application of petrolatum. 4. The freezing and thawing process may be painful, and freezing may lower local resistance to infection and delay healing. 5.
A Practitioner’s Guide to Gebauer’s Pain Ease® PAIN EASE & PATIENT SATISFACTION A study of 100 patients and 100 healthcare providers concluded that the “use of a vapocoolant for patients undergoing venipuncture significantly decreased venipuncture pain, was associated with high patient and provider satisfaction and both patients and providers would use a vapocoolant spray in the future for venipuncture and other painful procedures.
A Practitioner’s Guide to Gebauer’s Pain Ease® Pain Doesn’t Wait. Ease it in an Instant with Gebauer’s Pain Ease. Everyone has pain, from children to adults. So why not use a trusted topical anesthetic? Pain Ease has been used for over 50 million applications, leading to lots of happy patients! Help to create a more comfortable experience for your patients today. Pain Ease is available in: Medium Stream Spray 0386-0008-03 3.9 fl. oz. Mist Spray 0386-0008-02 3.9 fl. oz.
