by Michael Wong, Paul Pageau, Shahbaz Syed | Aug 5, 2021 | CME, Featured, Ultrasound
Canadian national guidelines recommend Point of Care Ultrasound (PoCUS) image archiving for documentation, and to facilitate quality improvement and assurance – key components of driving great patient-centred care with ultrasound. The CAEP Emergency Ultrasound...
by Simon Wells, James Gilbertson | Dec 17, 2020 | Airway, Featured, Grand Round Summaries, Procedural care, Respirology
Pneumothorax is a relatively rare emergency department presentation with a number of controversies existing regarding its management. Over the last decade, the standard of care has shifted from invasive strategies to more conservation management approaches. What...
by Simon Wells, Pascale King | Oct 22, 2020 | Cardiology, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Critical Care, Featured, Grand Round Summaries
A 65-year-old male self-presents to the Emergency Department (ED) with sudden-onset severe chest pain. The pain was sharp, lasted 30 minutes, and has now resolved. His vitals and ECG are normal, and his high-sensitivity troponin testing is negative. He has a normal...
by Michael Wong, Shahbaz Syed | Sep 20, 2020 | Slider
In non-emergency medicine literature, cardiac Point-of-Care Ultrasound is termed “focused cardiac ultrasound” or “FoCUS,” and has been the subject of national cardiology and intensive care guidelines. It is used by emergency medicine, trauma, internal medicine,...
by Darren Wong, Michael Woo, Brandi Read | Feb 6, 2020 | Featured, Ultrasound
A healthy patient presents to the Emergency Department (ED) where you are working one night. He complains of a four-day history of progressively worsening fatigue, constant and diffuse headache, neck stiffness, fever, chills and night sweats. There was no associated...