The 2013 Critical Care Ultrasound course was a tremendous success. This 2 day course that took place over Aug 22-23 at CSTAR at University Hospital was regarded as the most successful course to date. The sold out course lead 36 participants through lung and pleural ultrasound, vascular access and a full day of critical care echocardiography. The course benefited from a deep roster of extremely [...]
For lung and pleural ultrasound the abundance of acoustic windows can be overwhelming. Our approach here at Western (based on the literature, including the Blue Protocol) is a 4 point assessment of each hemithorax. For more see this new tutorial created by Rob Arntfield.
Rob 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 [...]
March 22 2013 at Critical Care Western's citywide grand rounds, had their own Rob Arntfield speak about critical care ultrasound in his talk: Critical Care Ultrasound: Revolution to Adolescence. Covering a broad array of topics related to CCUS, discussion over history and content of CCUS, the national and local approach to advancing CCUS and an in depth discussion on quality and safety, featuring some local [...]
A pre-knowledge assessment for critical care echocardiography is below. Please take this assessment prior to your Critical Care Ultrasound Rotation and the Annual CCUS course. Click Here for the test
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 (as well as some fellows) being trained in TEE use, [...]
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 panel discussion and partly because we need to look at [...]
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. […]
