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As soon as you get pre-hospital notification of a sick patient arriving, boot up your ultrasound machine Tom Jelic #pocus #VanPOCUS23 Vancouver POCUS

For procedural logistics, keep all your equipment together as a kit with your ultrasound machine Tom Jelic #pocus #VanPOCUS23 Vancouver POCUS

For most ultrasound guided procedures, clean is good enough (apart from central lines) Nik Humniski at #VanPOCUS23 Vancouver POCUS

Nik Humniski provides strategies for visualizing your needle tip for #ultrasound-guided procedures #pocus #VanPOCUS23 Vancouver POCUS

Back to basics for #ultrasound-guided procedures with Nik Humniski 1. Always visualize needle tip 2. Image perpendicularly to the needle 3. Know your planes 4. Move slowly #pocus #VanPOCUS23 Vancouver POCUS

“The only legal risk of performing #POCUS …is not performing POCUS” But, as Ross Prager astutely points out, all these studies demonstrated this are based in the USA. #VanPOCUS23 Vancouver POCUS

Of all the closed medicolegal cases at the CMPA, in 15 cases, #pocus was the primary cause of the medicolegal action Ross Prager #VanPOCUS23 Vancouver POCUS

#POCUS Saves the Day! Lauren Arthurs joins us from Kelowna and presents 3 great cases where pocus made a difference: 1) type A aortic dissection 2) flail mitral valve causing acute HF due to chordae tendinae rupture 3) clot in transit #VanPOCUS23 Vancouver POCUS

1. Covered or Uncovered? in Am J Emerg Med Daven Patel Mark Chottiner Gary D Peksa 💊 🌱 Michael Gottlieb doi.org/10.1016/j.ajem… #VanPOCUS23 Vancouver POCUS

2. Biliary #POCUS in the ED in Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open (TSACO) Knife Skills Shorts Rob Leeper Frank Myslik doi.org/10.1136/tsaco-… #VanPOCUS23 Vancouver POCUS

3. Parasternal Long Axis in Isolation: Good Enough? in JEM_Journal Frances Russell Matt Rutz Ben Nti Robert Ehrman doi.org/10.1016/j.jeme… #VanPOCUS23 Vancouver POCUS

4. Parental Quantification of LV EF Using POCUS in Pediatr Cardiol Rohit loomba doi.org/10.1007/s00246… #VanPOCUS23 Vancouver POCUS

5. The Power of Doppler in US-Guided Paracentesis in CJEM Christine Hanna 🇨🇦 Steven Montague Nader Hanna doi.org/10.1007/s43678… #VanPOCUS23 Vancouver POCUS

6. US vs Landmark Guided Medium Sized Joint Arthrocentesis in AEM Journal @ryangibbonsEMUS Alli Zanaboni MD, FAAEM doi.org/10.1111/acem.1… #VanPOCUS23 Vancouver POCUS

7. Bioadhesive US for Long-term Continuous Imaging of Diverse Organs in Science Magazine Chonghe Wang @XiaoyuC16598565 Xuanhe Zhao doi.org/10.1126/scienc… #VanPOCUS23 Vancouver POCUS

8. Supra- vs Infra-clavicular Approach for US-guided Subclavian Catherization in 𝘈𝘯𝘢𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘢 doi.org/10.1111/anae.1… #VanPOCUS23 Vancouver POCUS

9. US Guidance vs Landmark for Peripheral Venous Cannulation in The Cochrane Library Masafumi Tada doi.org/10.1002/146518… #VanPOCUS23 Vancouver POCUS

10. Impact of High-frequency Linear Transducer on Accuracy of Pelvic US in Early Pregnancy in Am J Emerg Med doi.org/10.1016/j.ajem… #VanPOCUS23 Vancouver POCUS

UBC #POCUS fellowship journal club hosted by Vancouver POCUS with Torey Lau Rahim Manji @MelissaSkaugset

#POCUS FUNdamentals course with the new cohort of UBC Vancouver EM Residency UBC Fraser EM Residency UBC Victoria Emergency Medicine Kelowna EM Residency PGY-1 residents So great to work with an awesome group of instructors! @MelissaSkaugset Christina Botros Vancouver POCUS Elad Machtey & Tracy Huynh