Check out this new POCUS learning tool from the folks at 5 minute sono. The have loads excellent teaching videos and resources. Great job!
Check out the latest Cool Sono, Bro!@UltrasoundJelly and I made this amazing learning tool: The Wheel Of Echo!https://t.co/fegrANNaxm pic.twitter.com/MxCz1xWbZ1
— 5 Minute Sono (@5MinSono) April 3, 2017
Great example of bedside ultrasound to rule out pneumothorax. Credit to @RBuhmaid
#POCUS for pneumothorax confirmed by absent lung sliding + lung point #FOAMus #FOAMed #FOAMcc pic.twitter.com/HLHRN0bKRI
— Rasha Buhumaid (@RBuhumaid) March 15, 2017
Excellent example of RV strain in a patient with massive pulmonary embolism. Credit to @EM_RESUS
"D-Sign" in a young man with Saddle PE
RV Strain flattens septum & smashes LV – looks like a Capital "D"
This is how PE Kills!#FOAMed pic.twitter.com/COejSPtTNA
— Sam Ghali, M.D. (@EM_RESUS) March 16, 2017
Great case of the week from Yale EM Ultrasound. This is a great POCUS education site.
Yale case of the week! 77yo s/p surgery with abdominal pain and distension – not subtle but quick diagnosis… #POCUS @yaleem2 pic.twitter.com/pi2tatxK7E
— Yale EM Ultrasound (@Yale_EUS) January 10, 2017
Hyperactive, dilated small bowel loops with free intraperitoneal fluid. (c.f. paralytic ileus where bowel loops are dilated but static)
You can now follow us on Twitter @figbusnet and get access to more great ultrasound resources!
Want to know the impact that Point of Care Ultrasound is having on the practice of Emergency Room Physicians and their patients? Just watch Chris Fox’s talk at TEDxUCIrvine 2015.
It’s easy to get carried away when doing your own bedside ultrasound but it’s important to know your limits. Pablo Blanco and Giovanni Volpicelli have published an excellent article in Critical Ultrasound Journal 26 Oct. on some of the most common mistakes and pitfalls when performing point of care ultrasound. You can find it here.
In a recent online published study out of the children’s hospital in Barcelona, chest ultrasound outperformed fluoroscopy in the detection of diaphragmatic paralysis (Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Oct 28). This will save patients radiation and can be performed at the bedside. You can read more at about it at Health Imaging.
We’re so excited! After a long gestation, our first book is finally out. It’s geared to those starting out in bedside ultrasound and offers a basic grounding in US technique. Concise and pocket-sized, it contains chapters on basic scanning of the most common applications such as scrotum, leg veins, abdomen, OB, lung and cardiac. Packed with tips and tricks it also has a chapter on US guided procedures and what to look for when buying your own machine. It’s available direct from our publisher or from Amazon. E-book versions are also available from iTunes and the Amazon Kindle store. To check it out, click on the link.
Yay! FiGBUS is hitting the road and heading off to Chicago at the end of this month for the Radiological Society of North America’s Annual Conference. All the major medical imaging vendors exhibit and launch all their latest hardware and equipment at the RSNA each year so we’re hoping to bring you some exciting new ultrasound equipment updates from the exhibition floor. Watch this space.