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Certified Anesthesiologist Assistant ☦️
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The smoothest takeoff you will never remember ✈️😴💉

#explorepage✨ #doctor #anesthesia #fypppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp #ot

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Can you see the whale? 🐋

At the femoral triangle, sartorius and adductor longus come together to form the whale sign. That tells you that you are proximal to the adductor canal. At this level the nerve to vastus medialis sits lateral, so you can block it separately and still catch the saphenous nerve.

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Femoral triangle vs adductor canal:
• Location: proximal thigh (whale sign) vs distal thigh
• Targets: saphenous + nerve to vastus medialis vs saphenous focus
• Saphenous: lateral to the artery, then over the artery to the medial branch. Same in both blocks.
• Volume: 20–25 mL vs 15–25 mL
• Both work for TKA and ACL, and both pair with iPACK

No femoral nerve weakness in our experience.

Which one are you using for your total knees? Tell us below.

#crna #srna #anesthesiologistassistant #anesthesiologist #anesthesia

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I feel like once you go long enough without ethanol you really see it for what it is!

Poison! ☠️

At this point there's nothing romantic (to me) about "having a glass once in awhile," it smells and tastes like shiiiiet!

That feeling of being "drunk" is literally your bodies' indicator of being poisoned!

Is that first initial 30 minute "high" worth feeling inflamed, sluggish, probably slightly melancholy/depressed the next day or even a few days after?

You don't need it!

There are so many healthier ways to get that feeling!

Once you free your mind from the limitations, life becomes so energizing, clear, you actually socialize when you go out, your sleep isn't interrupted, your hormones and skin love you, and your gym progress isn't evaporated in one sitting.

Try it!

#EthanolFree
#Toxic
#HealthisWealth

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How much salary does a Certified Anesthesiologist Assistant make? #caa #anesthesiologistassistant #anesthesiologist

Did he say $600,000?

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What is a CAA, how much do they make? What are the controversies about? I sit down with @dilaudiddaddy_ , new episode live! #crna #caa #anesthesiologist

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𝗜 𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗰𝗼𝘄𝗯𝗼𝘆 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝘁𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝘁. 🤠👢⁣
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Then a patient who LOVED his cowboy boots convinced me I might need to rethink that.⁣
And honestly? He had a point.⁣
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The outside of a boot doesn’t always tell you what’s happening inside. A well-fitting cowboy boot can have a roomy toe box, and a moderate heel isn’t automatically bad for your feet.⁣
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𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙞𝙩.⁣
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𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘵𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘥, 𝘺𝘰𝘶’𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘭𝘪𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥, 𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶’𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘯, 𝘯𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴, 𝘰𝘳 𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴… 𝘸𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘮.⁣
𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘧𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭, 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘺?⁣
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@topher_from_jersey - 𝘊𝘰𝘸𝘣𝘰𝘺 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘵𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘍𝘰𝘰𝘵 𝘋𝘰𝘤 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘮𝘱 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘢𝘭. 🤠⁣
𝙅𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙛𝙞𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙩

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Red hulk 💪🏻💪🏻

#redheads #medicine #doctor #redhulk #anesthesia

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CAAs and CRNAs both give anesthesia in the operating room. The controversy is not mainly about what happens at the head of the bed. It is about how each profession is trained, where each is allowed to work, and which model hospitals and states choose.
CRNA — Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist
Starts in nursing: BSN, RN license, typically 1–3 years of critical-care experience, then a doctoral anesthesia program (usually 36+ months). Can practice in all 50 states. In some states they work on a physician-led team; in others they can practice without an anesthesiologist present. Largest anesthesia advanced-practice workforce in the U.S.
CAA — Certified Anesthesiologist Assistant
Starts on a pre-med-style path: bachelor’s degree plus science prerequisites, then a 24–28 month master’s program. Always practices in the anesthesia care team model under an anesthesiologist’s medical direction. Authorized in about two dozen jurisdictions, not nationwide. Smaller workforce, but growing as more states license the role.
#crna #caa #anesthesia

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ANESTHESIA CARE TEAM — KNOW THE DIFFERENCE

Original post by - @dilaudiddaddy_ … be sure to follow his account, he has a lot of great content!

MD/DO • CRNA • CAA

When you have surgery, the person managing your anesthesia is not interchangeable. Training length, clinical experience, practice authority, and billing all differ.

Here’s the clear breakdown:

Anesthesiologist (MD/DO)
12–13+ years after high school. Medical school + 4-year residency. Directs the care team. Independent practice in all 50 states.

CRNA (Nurse Anesthetist)
~8 years total. BSN + ICU experience + DNP/DNAP. Practice authority varies by state.

CAA (Anesthesiologist Assistant)
6–7 years total. Master’s-level training. Works only as part of a physician-directed care team.

Worth noting: When medically directed by an anesthesiologist, both a CRNA and a CAA perform the same intraoperative role and bill the same (QX at 50%). The differences appear in independent practice authority and state-by-state scope rules.

Save this so you know exactly who is responsible for your care.

#AnesthesiaCareTeam #PatientEducation #SpineSurgery #anesthesiology #spinehealth

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@dilaudiddaddy_ with a major PSA 💚🍃✨ #PublicHealth #HealthEducation

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Credit where it’s due. @dilaudiddaddy_ highlights an important idea: improving workflow and reducing unnecessary delays can absolutely increase throughput and create value. On this, we agree!

Where I have a different view is the economic impact.

The operating room cost-per-minute literature is one of the most frequently misunderstood concepts in healthcare finance. The authors themselves caution against using these figures without understanding how they were derived. An average accounting cost is not the same as realized economic savings.

My goal isn’t to criticize the creator. It’s to encourage a quality conversation for how we interpret research and apply it to real-world decision making.

In leadership, the difference between a good decision and a bad one is often understanding what the numbers actually mean, not simply being away of them.

#anesthesia

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Too far distal and your LFCN block leaves the posterior lateral thigh awake.

The lateral femoral cutaneous nerve divides into anterior and posterior branches shortly after it passes under the inguinal ligament. Scan over the sartorius too far down the thigh and you’re already past that split — you catch the anterior branch and the posterior branch never sees local.

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Placement that works: start at the common femoral artery and scan lateral and superior along the inguinal crease. The LFCN is easily visualized just lateral to the sartorius, roughly 0.5–0.75 cm deep.

Stay proximal and your spread covers both branches. That’s the difference between a block that covers the lateral thigh incision for a hip and one that covers half of it.

#regionalanesthesia #nerveblock #anesthesia #ultrasoundguided #anesthesiacme

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