An international panel discussion. See below for a 45 minute panel discussion (hosted by Matt and Mike from Ultrasound Podcast) on the topic of POC ultrasound in the assessment and management of PE. Was conducted and recorded using Google Hangout. Panel members include luminaries of the field including: Scott Weingart, Matt Dawson, Mike Mallin, Cliff Reid, Mike Stone As well, Western Sono’s own Rob Arntfield was [...]
By Rob Leeper, MD, FRCSC The Critical Care Outreach Team is called to asses a 64 year old male on the thoracic surgery floor complaining of increasing shortness of breath and hypotension. He is status post left upper lobectomy for non small cell lung cancer 1 year ago. He has been re-admitted for workup of a possible recurrence in his mediastinal nodes. In the 24 [...]
It is commonly asked how to get home access to Qpath. Here's how: 1. You must first have home access to the LHSC "VPN" via Juniper. (If you don't have this, it is not hard to get but you must first login to https://lh01.lhsc.on.ca from a WORK computer and go through the setup.) 2. Access the start page where you should be greeted by the [...]
See below for the talk entitled "Critical Care Ultrasound for the Emergency Physician" where Dr. Rob Arntfield, in speaking to the ultrasound track at CAEP 2012 in Niagara Falls, speaks about the frequently referenced field of "critical care ultrasound" and how it differs and is similar to emergency point of care ultrasound. Areas of growth for critical patients in the ED are reviewed, including lung [...]
A 55 year old male presents to the emergency department with a 5 day history of increasing shortness of breath on exertion and recent leg “cramps”. In the 24 hours prior to presentation he had noticed increasing back pain and hyperventilation, with one episode of hemoptysis. The patient was tachycardic, transiently (30 minutes) hypotensive and had an oxygen saturation of 90% on non-rebreather mask with [...]
The 2012 Critical Care Ultrasound Course at Western University was a resounding success. The 3rd annual CCUS course was held specifically to train the trainees of the premiere Critical Care Western training program in the fundamentals of point of care ultrasound for critically ill patients. The course took place at the first rate CSTAR facility at University Hospital. Featuring a 2 participants to 1 machine/model [...]
Sterile Technique for US Guided Central Line Dr Jeff Granton (Critical Care/Anesthesia) demonstrates the technique and pointers on becoming maximally sterile for an invasive procedure (such as an ultrasound guided central venous catheter insertion):
Dr. Danny Peterson, a PGY5 in the Royal College Emergency Medicine program at Western University, has carried out a senior specialty year in point of care ultrasound at Western and LHSC over the past 12 months. Dr. Peterson crafted this innovative and dedicated year of training and scholarship to overlap with his emergency medicine training in order to achieve expanded competence in point of care [...]
As you become familiar with Qpath and how to archive your clips you will want to be sure you are capturing good quality clips for review. This document reviews our ED point of care ultrasound program's recommended standards.
See the below tutorial on use on the Sonosite EDGE and how to integrate its use with the UWO point of care ultrasound program. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=vyyud7czRRs
