Anesthesia Equipment
Where CAAs Can Practice
CAA vs. CRNA
Education
Career Facts
100
This device is placed over a patient's nose and mouth to deliver anesthetic gases and oxygen
What is an anesthetic mask?
100
This Sunshine State is one of the largest markets for Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants.
What is Florida
100
This provider must hold a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) before entering their program.
What is an CRNA?
100
Most AA programs require approximately this many years of post-secondary education in total (undergraduate + master's program).
What is 6 to 7 years?
100
CAA salaries commonly reach into this six-figure range annually.
What is $200,000?
200
This part of the anesthesia machine converts a liquid anesthetic into vapor
What is an anesthetic vaporizer?
200
A CAA can practice in this state known for the Rocky Mountains and cities such as Denver and Boulder.
What is Colorado
200
This provider typically enters graduate training with a pre-med background rather than a nursing degree.
What is a CAA?
200
Applicants to CAA programs must take one of these two major standardized graduate admissions exams.
What is the MCAT or GRE?
200
Some CAA job offers include this financial incentive just for accepting the position
What is a signing bonus?
300
Identify this piece of equipment commonly used during intubation
What is a laryngoscope?
300
CAAs can practice in this state, home to the Great Smoky Mountains and Music City.
What is Tennessee?
300
This provider must always work under the direct supervision of a physician anesthesiologist.
What is a CAA?
300
This central application service is used by students to apply to the majority of Anesthesiologist Assistant programs in the United States.
What is CASAA (Centralized Application Service for Anesthesiologist Assistants)?
300
This is the average compensation rate (/hr) for a CAA working locum tenens.
What is $215/hr?
400
This tube is inserted into the trachea to keep a patient's airway open and help them breathe
What is an endotracheal tube (ET tube)?
400
Despite CAAs not currently being authorized in Illinois, they can practice in four of Illinois's five neighboring states. Name one.
What is Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri, or Wisconsin?
400
This provider is licensed to practice in all 50 U.S. states.
What is a CRNA?
400
Upon graduation from an accredited master's program, students earn this specific graduate degree.
What is a Master of Science in Anesthesia (MSA or MS in Anesthesia)?
400
This is the projected growth rate for the CAA profession through 2030.
What is 26%?
500
This device measures the concentration of CO2 in a patient's exhaled breath
What is a capnograph/capnometer?
500
CAAs are currently authorized to practice in this number of U.S. states plus Washington, D.C.
What is 24?
500
New graduates for this provider role are required to hold a doctorate (DNP or DNAP).
What is a CRNA?
500
To become certified after graduating, candidates must pass the national certifying exam administered by this organization
What is the NCCAA (National Commission for Certification of Anesthesiologist Assistants)?
500
This is the name of the primary professional organization for CAAs.
What is the American Society of Anesthesiologists?