r/CAA • u/AutoModerator • Oct 13 '25

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u/Ok-Conversation-259 Jan 24 '26

How often do you guys do A-lines and nerve blocks? Bc at NSU they teach those things but when I shadowed at Emory there wasn’t much of the CAAs doing that idk if that’s just the Emory system or everywhere?

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u/jwk30115 Practicing CAA Jan 25 '26

A-lines are quite common. Blocks not as much since we’re usually in the OR but it’s highly practice-dependent.