vanPOCUS: Pulmonary POCUS
Vancouver POCUS present a review of pulmonary point of care ultrasound including pneumothorax, pleural effusion and B-lines by Dr. Lauren Arthurs.
Year 2020
Pipkin fracture
Pipkin classification of femoral head fracture designed by Garrett Pipkin (1904-1981) and first published 1957
Paediatric analgesia
Great pediatric care requires excellent pain management, and excellent pain management requires the recognition that sucrose is not a pain medication.
Simon and Neil get plastered
Practical guide: How to apply the backslab in adults and paediatrics. POP, plaster of paris, physical plaster cast back-slab technique
Getting a Leg Over
Following up on 'An easy way to get plastered' we extend the template program. Upper limbs are easy… the lower limbs are where we earn our money.
Buddy strap no more
Buddy strap: Stick this poster on that cupboard (now called the finger cupboard) and start your patients finger rehab a week earlier.
Developmental dysplasia of the hip
Description Developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH), previously referred to as congenital dislocation of the hip (CDH), means that the hip joint of a newborn baby is dislocated or prone to dislocation. History Calot – 1905, 1926 Ortolani – 1935…
Pharm 101: Penicillin G
ACEM Primary Pharmacology of Penicillin: the Pharmacokinetics; Pharmacodynamics; Clinical uses; Adverse effects
A better way to get plastered
Plaster cast templates for fracture immobilisation, including technique for thumb spika, colles cast, backslabs and templates
Spaso reductions and immobilisation
Spaso shoulder reduction technique. For Anterior shoulder dislocation and Posterior shoulder dislocation
vanPOCUS: Ultrasound Guided Femoral Nerve Block
A guide for ultrasound guided femoral nerve blocks from Vancouver POCUS and Dr. Tommy Merth
Is less best in critical care?
John Myburgh gives a philosophical talk about what life (and death) is really about and what the new challenges are in critical care.