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.[...]
Tag: EDE 3
EDE 3 Course at Sun Peaks
Sun Peaks EDE 3 was sold out but we have been able to get some more instructors and more machines so we have opened a few new places at the course Feb 4-5th 2015. Feb 4-5 2016 The biggest single course of its kind is getting ready to go! 15 Instructors, 15 machines, 40 […]
Say this 3 times fast… “Tricuspid Annular Plane Systolic Excursion”
At the last EDE 3, Dr Andrea Unger presented the parasternal short axis view and some newer Cardiac EDE concepts. Tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion was one of them, a term which I am hard-pressed to remember! Its acronym, TAPSE, is easier to recall, but Andrea wisely renamed this entity as “Base Jump”. While working […]
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 […]
EDE 2/3 Calgary: -35 degree scanning
The 41st EDE 2 course is officially complete! We had a fantastic group of enthusiastic physicians attend despite the arctic temperatures. Sure there were cars that wouldn’t start and the ultrasound models’ goosebumps made it harder to scan them, but we are Canadian and we laugh at the cold! Particularly when it isn’t us getting […]
EDE 3 Leading Edge POCUS Conference
The second annual EDE 3 conference has just wrapped up in Turks and Caicos. Despite the horrible Canadian weather making it miserable to travel, 30 brave families succeeded in attending the sold-out course. Topics included: confirmation of ETT placement, US-guided cricothyrotomy, US assessment of appendicitis, diverticulitis, bowel obstruction Testicular US Shoulder assessment Thorax (pneumonia, pulmonary […]
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