Saving Brainspace with POCUS
February 8th, 2018
Here is a cool case that Lloyd Gordon recently sent us...
"A 60 year-old woman had a fever of 39.[...]
Author Archive: Greg Hall
Greg is a graduate of Western University and directory of emergency department ultrasound in Brantford, Ontario, Canada. He is a clinical associate professor at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario.
He is a co-author of the Point-of-care Ultrasound for Emergency Physician textbook and director of the EDE3 course.
EDE 3 Sun Peaks
EDE 3 Sun Peaks B.C. Feb 2-3 2015 **SOLD OUT** The biggest single course of its kind is getting ready to go! 12 Instructors, 14 machines, 40 attendees and lots of fun! We will be presenting plenty of advanced bedside applications including: Rapid assessment of the shoulder for ED docs Appendicitis, bowel […]
Bootcamp EDE April 2015 with apprentice program
The next Bootcamp dates are now finalized. April 25-27, 2015 Brantford, Ontario Let colleagues who have yet to get their certification know about Bootcamp now. The positions fill up almost immediately every year. Those who wish to obtain their Canadian Emergency Ultrasound Certification in one weekend can come to Brantford, Ontario and join […]
Necrotizing Fasciitis: Let’s scare you into using POCUS shall we?
Warning: Scary article ahead. Point-of-Care Ultrasound Diagnosis of Necrotizing Fasciitis Missed By Computed Tomography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging It’s one of those diagnoses that scares us. Hard to figure out clinically in many cases at initial presentation. Adjunctive tests can be false negative. How can we increase our sensitivity? Use your POCUS skills of […]
POCUS Father’s Day
Not only am I an enthusiast for POCUS, my pre-teen daughters often get roped into being models for workshops and presentations. There was even an occasion when my (very young at the time) daughter claimed she didn’t have to use the washroom before going somewhere to play. I demonstrated to her what a full bladder […]
Canadian POCUS educators please take note!
Hello all Canadian POCUS keeners. There is a whole lot of ultrasound love about to happen at the Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians Annual Conference in Ottawa, Ontario May 31-June 4 2014. Sure, we all want to see Mel Herbert and Ian Stiell battle it out during their session on evidence and education but there […]
Yes, yes you do have time to do POCUS!
I was recently at the North York Emergency Medicine Update in Toronto, Ontario. An excellent emergency medicine conference, often the largest annual meeting of its type in Canada. During an amazing talk one of the plenary speakers, who loves ultrasound a lot, made a comment about rarely using it for nerve blocks. Why? Because […]
The emotional and visceral pain of a good POCUS call
Dr. Sean Ryan works in a rural hospital with no surgical coverage and in this case there was no access to ultrasound because it was a Saturday morning. As you know people aren’t supposed to have emergencies in rural communities on weekends requiring ultrasound. A 24 year old woman presents with RLQ pain and Dr. […]
Bootcamp EDE: Drop and give me 200
The biggest obstacle to beginners embracing POCUS is the initial effort required to master basic skills. Most learners complete an introductory course that takes a day or two. This is followed by supervised scanning sessions and examinations to meet the required numbers and proficiency to be “certified” to apply the skill independently. This can require […]
3rd Annual EDE 3 Course Announcement!
I am happy to announce the third annual EDE 3 course! There has been a lot of demand for a Canadian location for the course so it’s going to be a ski vacation this time around. It will be held at the Delta Sun Peaks resort in Sun Peaks British Columbia Feb 2-3 2015. Sun […]
How clean is your probe?
Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine: Hospital-Wide Survey of Bacterial Contamination of Point-of-Care Ultrasound Probes and Coupling Gel I find the results of this article surprising but welcome. If your shop is anything like mine, it isn’t unheard of to see a probe covered in partly dried gel or even some blood in the resuscitation room. There […]
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