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
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.
Practice your needle procedures on a home-made phantom. You can do it over and over again until you are really good at them and without hurting anyone. This sounds crazy and so very few people do it. Hence, very few get really good at needle guided procedures. This is exactly why you should do this. For a cool video on making a home-made ultrasound phantom for this purpose check out this link from Clarius.
Interested in learning lung ultrasound? Check out this cool video with Shane Arishenkoff from Vancouver General Hospital on basic technique here.