Block It Like It’s Hot: Regional Anesthesia, Pain Medicine & POCUS

S1:E8 "Social Media, Cadavers and Workshops: Where Do We Learn Regional Anesthesia Best?"

What’s the best source for RA education? Are textbooks dead? Is it all YouTube and Insta? What about live scanning and cadaver labs? In this episode, Part two of our three-part series on education and teaching, Amit and Jeff discuss the best methods for imparting regional anesthesia wisdom (ironic, given the hosts) in 2023. No jellies were harmed in the making of this episode. 
 
Join us each month for another sassy conversation about anesthesiology, emergency medicine, critical care, POCUS, pain medicine, ultrasound guided nerve blocks, acute pain, patient safety and perioperative care! 

S1:E7 "Gadsden & Pawa’s Top Teaching Tips for Nerve Blocks and Regional Anesthesia"

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.
 
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S1:E6 "Keeping A-breast of Chest Wall Blocks: Regional Anesthesia for Breast Surgery"

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!
 
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S1:E5 "Hip-Op-Hooray! (Nerve blocks for hip surgery and hip fracture)"

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.
 
Join us each month for another sassy conversation about anesthesiology, emergency medicine, critical care, POCUS, pain medicine, ultrasound guided nerve blocks, acute pain, patient safety and perioperative care! 

S1:E4 "Gadsden’s Gadgets & Pawa’s Paraphernalia: Our Fave Bits of Equipment"

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.
 
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S1:E3 "I 'Kneed' To Know More (Nerve Blocks for Knee Surgery)"

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.
 
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S1:E2 "ESPecially For You (Erector Spinae Plane Blocks)"

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. 
 
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S1:E1 "Introduction to Block It Like It’s Hot: Who are Amit and Jeff?"

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.
 
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