To help CPR practitioners to remember the order of the procedural steps, the acronym ABC was taught to stand for Airway, Breathing, Circulation. In 2010, the order of the steps was changed to Circulation, Airway, Breathing, so the acronym is now CAB.
The Itching is usually due to a disturbance in the skin of the external auditory canal. Ear canal skin is very sensitive. The slightest accumulation of debris, even a dead hair, may be felt as an itching sensation. Often, dryness in the ear is what causes inner ear itching.
Other causes of pain related to the ear include: 1  Injury. 2  Inflammation and infection in the ear canal (the channel between the eardrum and the outside part of the ear). 3  Infection of the external ear and ear lobe (cellulitis)  Neuralgia, pain caused by irritation of the nerves in the ear.