Ultrasound for LP
Wendy Chang takes us through the use of ultrasound for lumbar puncture and how this should be used consistently, not just for difficult cases and field cases.
Preparing for the unknown
Training and psychological preparedness is essential for prehospital and disaster clinicians, in order to effectively care for victims in austere environments.
Stand up for Prehospital medicine
In the ER, we are taught to turn towards the pain of others. We are not given as deliberate advice on how to care for ourselves despite the adversity we see, and the inevitability of being hurt by it.
TCA overdose – beyond bicarbonate
A 38 yr old male presents to your ED, 2 hours after ingesting an unknown quantity of amitriptyline (TCA) with a GCS of 13, HR 130, BP96/50. How do you proceed?
Cardiac transplant
When time is muscle every second counts. Cardiac failure may not be so terminal after all, with Emily Granger
Ultrasound in Trauma
The scope of ultrasound in trauma; the evolution of point-of-care Ultrasound in Trauma, and the FAST examination with Resa Lewiss
VanPOCUS 21 virtual Ultrasound Conference
A virtual multi-disciplinary conference on point of care ultrasound in medicine with vanPOCUS a group of Vancouver ultrasound enthusiasts.
Frank Wilson
Biography Born Died Medical Eponyms Wilson precordial leads Early description of WPW Key Medical Contributions Major Publications Wilson FN. A case in which the vagus influenced the form of the ventricular complex of the electrocardiogram. 1915. [Reprint: Ann Noninvasive Electrocardiol. 2002…
Paediatric trauma resuscitation
Resuscitating a critically injured child is one of the most stressful jobs in pre-hospital medicine, with Sam Bendall
vanPOCUS: Biliary Ultrasound
A Vancouver POCUS module on scanning the gallbladder for stones and cholecystitis
Neuro Research
Naomi Hammond talks to us about applying research in the Neuro ICU and following up after critical illness.
Thomas Geoffrey Barlow
Thomas Geoffrey Barlow (1915 – 1975) British Orthopaedic surgeon. Barlow maneuver (Barlow test) screening for developmental dysplasia of the hip in infants