vanPOCUS: Right ventricular (RV) assessment
Vancouver POCUS introduction to cardiac POCUS discussing the assessment of the right ventricle using point of care ultrasound with Dr Justin Ahn
Month February 2020
James Sanders
Biography Medical Eponyms Sanders sign (1823) The undulatory character of the cardiac impulse in the epigastric region, indicative of adherent pericardium (l’adhérence du péricarde). Specifically the presence of a depression occurring under the left ribs and in the epigastrium during…
Clot retrieval for stroke
A case example of a large vessel obstruction of the brain and our current techniques available to treat it. How we make decisions on endovascular treatment and management points for emergency and intensive care colleagues.
Henri Victor Chaput
Victor Alexandre Henri Chaput (1857 – 1919) was a French Surgeon. Eponymously affiliated with Tillaux-Chaput fracture (1907)
Pediatric CXR Cases 009
January 2020 Pediatric Emergency Medicine Chest X-ray interpretation with Jennifer Potter and Nicholena Richardson
Pharm 101: Suxamethonium
ACEM Primary Pharmacology of Suxamethnoium: the Pharmacokinetics; Pharmacodynamics; Clinical uses; Adverse effects
vanPOCUS: Left ventricular (LV) assessment
Vancouver POCUS introduction to cardiac POCUS and assessing left ventricular (LV) contractility using point of care ultrasound by Dr. Dan Kim
Fat, Feed and Futility
Muscle wasting in intensive care is the thief of future health. Hugh Montgomery shows us what a big issue this is and what can be done to mitigate the problem.
ICU through their Eyes
If we put "emotion before cognition" and respond with empathy and curiosity instead of "answering feelings with facts" we build trust and learn values. The patient perspective with Laura Rock
Jean-Baptiste Bouillaud
Jean-Baptiste Bouillaud (1796 - 1881) was a French physician.
vanPOCUS: Cardiac Views
Vancouver POCUS introduction to the four basic cardiac views - subxiphoid, parasternal long and short axis and apical 4 chamber by Dr Justin Ahn
High emotion in the workplace: Session 5
The most challenging moments in resuscitation are often not the clinical decisions. Learning to react, accept, reset and engage is a psychological tool that can help us all.