The Point-of-care Ultrasound Interest Group reviews its inaugural year as a medical student club and makes a pitch for integrating more ultrasound training in to undergraduate medical education. We hope you enjoy the presentation!
Registration for Western Medical Student Ultrasound Symposium fills!
12 MayThree weeks after opening up registration, the Point of Care Ultrasound Interest Group is happy to announce that all spaces have been filled for the inaugural Western Medical Student Ultrasound Symposium, to take place on August 24 and 25, 2013 in London. The event will bring 35 medical students from across Canada together, with representation from all six Ontario medical schools and as far away as the University of Calgary. Unregistered students who are interested in the symposium may still register on the wait list and will be notified should a spot become available. In addition, some volunteer roles for the symposium are available and any interested students or faculty can inquire at westernsono [at] gmail.com. Continue reading
Hydronephrosis Tutorial: Behzad Hassani
30 AprDr. Behzad Hassani has authored the excellent tutorial below to guide you in the interpretation and gradation of hydronephrosis for point of care ultrasound assessment of the kidney. Determining the presence or absence of hydro on renal sonography, particularly in the ED, may help you risk stratify patients with potential renal calculi and can rapidly narrow your differential diagnosis in patients with new renal failure without an etiology.
Western Medical Student Ultrasound Symposium registration now open!
22 Apr
The Point of Care Ultrasound Interest Group is pleased to announce that the first annual Western Medical Student Ultrasound Symposium will take place August 24 and 25, 2013 at the state of the art Canadian Surgical Technologies and Advanced Robotics facility in London, Ontario. Nearly six months in the making and winner of the Hippocratic Council Innovator Grant, this educational initiative is the first of its kind in Canada. Registration is now open to medical students registered at any of Canada’s 17 accredited medical schools. Check out the promotional video and continue reading below for more details on this exciting event. Congratulations to all involved!
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AIUM 2013 Lecture – Critical Care Ultrasound Training Strategies
10 AprRob Arntfield’s talk from the American Institute for Ultrasound in Medicine (AIUM)’s 2013 conference in New York City, given on April 9, 2013. The moderator Dr. Paul Mayo can be heard at various intervals as well.
The talk addresses various important elements when adding CCUS in to a critical care training program. These elements are drawn from the positive experience in CCUS training at Western University’s critical care training program. Particular emphasis in this talk is placed on quality assurance for critical care ultrasound.
Enjoy.
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Western Medical Student Ultrasound Symposium registration now open!
The Point of Care Ultrasound Interest Group is pleased to announce that the first annual Western Medical Student Ultrasound Symposium will take place August 24 and 25, 2013 at the state of the art Canadian Surgical Technologies and Advanced Robotics facility in London, Ontario. Nearly six months in the making and winner of the Hippocratic Council Innovator Grant, this educational […]
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2013 Critical Care Ultrasound Course
The 2013 Critical Care Ultrasound Course will be offered August 22-23 2013. This annual course is offered as the official course of our Critical Care training program and is attended by all critical care fellows. Further, it will be the most comprehensive course offered in the region for the intensivist or resuscitative physician who seeks […]
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Point of Care TEE Arrives in our ICU’s
The point of care, critical care ultrasound (CCUS) program at Western University has become enabled with transesophageal echo (TEE) capability. The arrival of new TEE transducers that function on the bedside, point of care machines in all our ICU’s will allow for expanded capabilities in properly trained hands. With several Critical Care Western program faculty […]
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Critical Care Ultrasound – Qpath meets Google Hangout
For the most recent academic session for the Critical Care Western fellows, the topic was critical care ultrasound (CCUS). This opportunity was intended to provide overview of interesting recent cases from within our own program’s tickle trunk of great studies. This session was carried out over Google Hangout. This was partly inspired by this recent international […]
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Ultrasound in Septic Shock: Flowsheet
Based on this fascinating trial and the outstanding work done by Antoine Vieillard Baron’s group, I (along with support from Pierre Kory of critcaresono.com fame) came up with the below flowsheet to guide integration of ultrasound findings in septic shock patients.
