by James Gilbertson, Michael Woo | Jan 23, 2025 | Featured, Radiology, Surgery, Ultrasound
Have you thought about your New Year’s resolutions yet? Will 2025 finally be the year you commit to the gym? Did you splurge on that expensive new gym membership? The truth about resolutions is that most of them fail. In fact, one study from the University of Bristol...
by Rory Connolly | Nov 30, 2021 | Featured, Ultrasound
Do you want to take your POCUS game to the next level? Then look no further than the Ottawa POCUS Symposium. This symposium will offer some of the best POCUS teachers in Ottawa and Nationwide. Who should attend this conference? Staff and resident physicians and other...
by Shou Peng, Shahbaz Syed | Jan 9, 2020 | Featured, Most Viewed, Ultrasound
Point of Care Ultrasound (PoCUS) for the evaluation and diagnosis of gallbladder related disease is becoming commonplace in the Emergency Department. Here, we present a quiz to test your knowledge, some answers, and helpful tips and tricks to enhance your gallbladder...
by EMOttawa | Jan 9, 2020 | Featured
Case 2 34 year old female presenting with vomiting and abdominal pain for 3 days. She has required antiemetic therapy in the ED, and on your assessment she has a POSITIVE sonographic Murphy’s sign. ...
by EMOttawa | Jan 9, 2020 | Featured
Case 4 A 34-year-old male presents with nausea, vomiting and diarrhea for the past 24 hours. He has required antiemetics and fluids in the ED. On your sonographic assessment, you note that the patient did NOT have a sonographic Murphy’s sign. ...