The perioperative nurse circulating for a skin contracture r…

The perioperative nurse circulating for a skin contracture release of the ear on a 5-year-old boy transfers 0.25% bupivacaine via syringe to the scrub person’s sterile back table. The scrub person questions why she is not giving him bupivacaine with epinephrine, because there may be bleeding expected at the incision site. The nurse’s reply is based on the fact that