The Division of EM is once again pleased to host its annual course “Introduction to ED Point of Care Ultrasound”
Date: July 5th, 2018.
Target Audience:
Course content is aimed at practitioners who are beginning their pathway to competence in point of care ultrasound.
This course will emphasize fundamental techniques in image acquisition and interpretation of 7 applications of point of care ultrasound in the ED.
Topics covered will include:
- Presence of intra-peritoneal fluid? (Yes/No)
- Presence of abdominal aortic aneurysm? (Yes/No)
- Presence of pericardial fluid? (Yes/No)
- Presence of cardiac activity during arrest? (Yes/No)
- Presence of pneumothorax (Yes/No)
- Presence of a pleural effusion (Yes/No)
- Presence of an intra-uterine pregnancy? (Yes/No)
This course will feature an outstanding faculty to learner ratio for hands-on sessions as well as innovative image interpretation sessions. These small group sessions emphasize image interpretation skills and serve as intimate venues to reinforce clinical integration pathways.
The course director is Dr. Heather Hames. Bedside instructors will include faculty from within the Division of EM’s experienced group of point of care sonographers.
More Information:
If you have interest in attending as a participant please contact us via email at [email protected] (please include Emergency Course in the subject line).
Last years course filled up quickly so please contact us if interested!
Rob Arntfield, MD, FRCPC and Atul Jaidka, MD, PGY2 takes us through the fundamentals of performing a transesophageal echocardiography (TEE). This video uses a live demonstration to introduce probe manipulation, how to obtain different views, and how to landmark for these different views. The techniques being presented will help you in performing goal-directed TEE in critically ill patients, whether it be for visualizing valvular disorders or during a resuscitation. Make sure to check out the image acquisition screencasts afterwards to learn how to interpret your TEE findings!
It highlights key points in scans for AAA, abdominal free fluid, pericardial effusions and the confirmation of intrauterine pregnancies.
Pocketcard – Emergency Basic Applications
If you wish to use non-digitally, I suggest you print double sided on to medium card stock and laminate.
It all starts with the basics!
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Featuring multi-disciplinary attendees from Emergency Medicine (CCFP, FRCP and Peds), General Surgery, Vascular Surgery and Family Medicine, the scan-packed day was a great success. This year brought some new pre-course material and a revised format geared towards maximizing hands-on-probe time. Helmed by Dr. Behzad Hassani and Dr. Mirza Baig, our new Course Directors led a fun filled, education packed day for 28 new POCUS users with an industry-leading 2:1 student:instructor ratio.
A huge thank you to the organizing team, our Faculty Instructors and of course our models (who each endured dozens upon dozens of scans). Without all of this help the course would not be the annual success it has become.
Stay tuned for updates for our upcoming courses.
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This screencast spends more time on identifying potential errors leading to false negative and false positive studies.
Review this prior to your basic portfolio (aka “IP”) training sessions.
FOR THE TRAINER
For basic portfolio (aka “IP”) trainers this document will be your review material prior to a bedside training session.
