I had chronic nosebleed as a kid & got my nose cauterised almost every couple of weeks during the summer growing up. Can’t say I remember any lidocaine but I do live in New Zealand 😂
When I went to the ER with an uncontrollable nose bleed - I'm on warfarin for A-fib. The doc tried electric cauterization without Lidocaine. I did cry like a little b****, which is OK because I'm female, and a big baby. The bleeding wouldn't stop, so I got the rhino rocket. Lost 4 pints of blood, and had to take iron pills. Wah!