Episodes
Episodes



Friday Mar 10, 2023
Gadsden & Pawa’s Top Teaching Tips
Friday Mar 10, 2023
Friday Mar 10, 2023
Teaching regional anesthesia knowledge and skills is a huge and rewarding part of our practice. This episode is the first in a special three-part series aimed at discussing how best to educate the next generation of regional anesthesiologists. Oh, and the usual tomfoolery, accents and jokes.



Thursday Feb 16, 2023
Keeping A-breast of Chest Wall Blocks: Regional Anesthesia for Breast Surgery
Thursday Feb 16, 2023
Thursday Feb 16, 2023
Is PVB the answer? Or does PECS suffice? Do we need to get the anterior cutaneous branches? How about the axilla? In this episode, Amit & Jeff discuss how to provide top-notch anesthesia and analgesia for breast surgery, including a step-by-step, how-to recipe for awake mastectomy cases. Featuring a special guest appearance by Holt Gadsden!



Thursday Feb 02, 2023
Hip-Op-Hooray!
Thursday Feb 02, 2023
Thursday Feb 02, 2023
Hips don't lie, and Amit & Jeff are here to tell the truth (or at least...share their unvarnished thoughts) about how best to provide anesthesia and analgesia for hip arthroplasty. Whether you're a fan of spinal, GA, lumbar plexus, QL or PENG, there's something for everyone in this episode to keep us true to our hip-ocratic oath to keep patients safe and comfy.



Friday Jan 20, 2023
Gadsden’s Gadgets & Pawa’s Paraphernalia: Our Fave Bits of Kit
Friday Jan 20, 2023
Friday Jan 20, 2023
We. Love. Tech. And all the fun gadgets and cool pieces of cutting-edge equipment that make learning, teaching and practicing regional anesthesia fun and safe. In this episode, Amit & Jeff discuss the innovative and useful bits of gear that they use in their practice, as well as several more that they can't wait to get their hands on.



Sunday Jan 01, 2023
I ”Kneed” To Know More
Sunday Jan 01, 2023
Sunday Jan 01, 2023
Femoral triangle vs. adductor? iPACK vs. surgical infiltration? Wait...geniculars, what?! In this episode, Amit & Jeff discuss ALL the ways to keep total knee patients comfortable while reducing side effects and getting these patients moving and out the door. Listen in to hear the anatomic basis for why we do these blocks and some tips and tricks for making them work for you.



Thursday Dec 15, 2022
ESPecially for you
Thursday Dec 15, 2022
Thursday Dec 15, 2022
Are you an ESP lover or hater? In this episode, Amit and Jeff discuss all things erector spinae plane block and manage to touch on mechanisms, the controversy about ventral spread, which surgical procedures it works best for, and most importantly, share some tips and tricks to make sure that it DOES work for you in your practice.



Thursday Dec 01, 2022
Introduction to Block It Like It’s Hot: Who are Amit and Jeff?
Thursday Dec 01, 2022
Thursday Dec 01, 2022
In our inaugural episode, Amit and Jeff learn a little bit about each other's backgrounds (amongst other things such as movies, Disney and fave Xmas foods) and discuss what we can expect from the podcast going forward.

Block It Like It's Hot
Your hosts Amit ”I Got The” Pawa and Jeff “Tha Notorious JCG” Gadsden discuss current issues in regional anesthesia & acute pain medicine and drop some tips on how to make your regional anesthesia workflow a blocker’s delight.