Advanced critical care echocardiography case review by Hassan Raza M.D. Suggested material to watch before this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrQKyURqDBI Cited in the video: SHOCK trial: https://doi.org/10.1016/s0002-9343(00)00310-7 Contemporary Management of Cardiogenic Shock: https://doi.org/10.1161/cir.0000000000000525
Principles of Doppler Learn the principles of Doppler ultrasound in this 20-minute screencast from Dr. Katie Wiskar. This tutorial covers basic ultrasound physics, different Doppler modes, and multiple examples from various POCUS applications.Relevant ScreencastsTutorial on aortic stenosis vs sclerosis: https://westernsono.ca/aortic-stenosis-vs-sclerosis/Tutorial on transcranial Doppler: https://westernsono.ca/screencasts/miscellaneous/trans-cranial-doppler-tcd/Tutorial on calculating stroke volume using LVOT VTI: https://westernsono.ca/screencasts/echo/stroke-volume-determination/
Greetings POCUS people! The weather finally seems to have calmed down (this westcoast girl has been sweltering in the humidity - bring on the rain!), the leaves are turning, and the smell of pumpkin spice lattes fills the air. It's officially fall - a whole new season of POCUS goodness. The Case This is a 69-year old male post-PEA arrest admitted with [...]
CCW POCUS crew has been hard at work and would like to welcome this months' rotators Dr. Kimberley Lewis, Mo Dairi, and Steve Roy. They will be providing some of the COTW cases over the next few weeks (we hope!). This weeks case comes from Drs. Fulan Cui and Scott Anderson. We'll leave the interpretation and critique of Andersons POCUS skills to you (but feel [...]
Welcome to our newest rotators: Ali AlHarbi, Mike Beyea, and Zainab AlDuhalib who will be providing you with COTW material for Block 12. The Case: Without any clinical context - can you guess what type of patient this clip might be from? What abnormalities can you spot? COTG: Same patient, what are we assessing for here? [...]
A sold out CRUS 2017 brought new teaching strategies and continued legacy of training cutting edge point-of-care ultrasound techniques to a broad cross section of physicians. Residents and consultants from 8 different specialties took to University Hospital in the middle of August to begin the journey to ultrasound mastery in point-of-care techniques such as lung, cardiac and abdominal ultrasound. This course marked the [...]
The 8th Annual Canadian Resuscitative Ultrasound Course is now OPEN for registration. www.resus.us The 2 day course (with the option of a 3rd half-day) is being held on August 16th, 17th (and 18th) 2017 at the sophisticated CSTAR facility at University Hospital in London, Ontario. This is the biggest and most comprehensive course of its kind offered in Canada. It is ideal for any clinician [...]
The Division of Emergency Medicine is once again pleased to host its annual “Introduction to ED Point of Care Ultrasound” course on July 6th, 2017. This course will emphasize fundamental techniques in image acquisition and interpretation and 7 indications of point of care ultrasound in the ED. Course content is aimed at practitioners who are beginning their pathway to competence […]
The Division of Emergency Medicine is once again pleased to host its annual "Introduction to ED Point of Care Ultrasound" course on July 6th, 2017. This course will emphasize fundamental techniques in image acquisition and interpretation and 7 indications of point of care ultrasound in the ED. Course content is aimed at practitioners who are beginning their pathway to competence in point of care ultrasound. Topics covered will be: Abdominal [...]
The 7th annual Canadian Resuscitative Ultrasound Course (formerly Critical Care Ultrasound Course) is now open for registration! (download the brochure for the course here) The 2 day course (with the option of a 3rd half-day) is being held on August 18th, 19th (and 20th) 2016 at the sophisticated CSTAR facility at University Hospital in London, Ontario. This is the biggest and most comprehensive course of [...]
