Downloads – Western Sono

Emergency Intro Course – Basic Applications Pocketcard

EmergGuy — Tue, 22 Jul 2014 02:20:24 +0000

This pocketcard is handed out at our annual emergency medicine ultrasound course held each July.

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!

Critical Care Ultrasound Pocketcard

arntfield — Tue, 11 Feb 2014 01:41:29 +0000

This pocketcard is handed out at our very popular annual critical care ultrasound course held each August. It features quick bullet points guiding you in the use of various cardiac, thoracic and vascular ultrasound applications.

If you wish to use non-digitally, I suggest you print double sided on to medium card stock and laminate.

Enjoy.

Pocketcard 2.0

Advanced Critical Care Echo Handbook

arntfield — Tue, 11 Feb 2014 01:19:29 +0000

So you’re feeling comfortable with assessing LV function, RV function, the pericardium, the IVC and some basic valve stuff. What next? What should you focus on to take your critical care echo game to the next level?

For some inspiration, check out this handbook that Dr. Mark Tutschka (PGY5 – Critical Care) has put together. It is a nice, succinct guide to some of the advanced applications for echocardiography in the ICU that he (and I) feel are most valuable in the initial venture in to Doppler, grading regurgitation severity and some more quantitative analysis that will help with hemodynamics. It is by no means comprehensive but should whet your appetite for something more substantial, like a definitive echocardiography text or this excellent ICU echocardiography book.

The book can be easily bound in to a pocket-sized handbook. We have some here at Western if you’re interested in a free copy.