by Steven Sanders, Josee Malette | May 30, 2024 | Featured, Prehospital and Transport Medicine, PTM Journal Club
In this month’s PTM Journal Club, we explored the most recent literature on trauma care in the pre-hospital setting. If you missed last months PTM Journal Club, make sure to check-it out by clicking HERE. Ketamine vs Morphine for Out-Of-Hospital...
by Nate Murray, Mathieu McKinnon | Apr 4, 2024 | cardiac arrest, Cardiology, emergency, Featured, Grand Round Summaries, Infectious Disease, Infectious Disease, Radiology, Surgery, Thrombosis, Trauma, Ultrasound
Point-of-care ultrasound (PoCUS) is becoming a cornerstone tool in our assessment of patient presentations and is helping us guide our clinical management. This is also represented in the amount of literature that has been published on the use of PoCUS in 2023. In...
by Zacchary Fredette, Hans Rosenberg, Debra Eagles | Nov 28, 2022 | Cardiology, Journal Club, Ultrasound
Methodology: 3/5 Usefulness: 1.5/5 Wang L, et al. Ann Intern Med. 2022 Mar;175(3):344-351. Question and Methods: Using a convenience sample of 100 patients out of 4436 going for right heart catheterization in 2 US academic hospitals, the authors wanted to validate the...
by Patrick Fisk, Hans Rosenberg, Ian Stiell | Oct 3, 2022 | Full Article, Journal Club, Radiology, Ultrasound
Tonson la Tour A, et al. Acad Emerg Med. 2021 Aug;28(8):866-872. Methodology: 3/5 Usefulness: 3/5 Question and Methods: This prospective cohort study tried to identify whether PoCUS can be used to diagnose intussusception by emergency department physicians. Findings:...
by Joyes Botros, Wilson Lam, Rajiv Thavanathan | Aug 18, 2022 | Featured, Ultrasound
Do you fumble using fundoscopy? Can’t find the ophthalmoscope in your department when you need to? In this post, we will show you how to refine your ocular PoCUS skills to help you manage those eye cases on your next shift. First, let’s start with some basics. You...
