Podcast #115 - To POCUS or Not to POCUS Renal Colic and Flank Pain

10/02/18 • 15 min

TOTAL EM - Tools Of the Trade and Academic Learning in Emergency Medicine

The month of October is often associated with Halloween and people think "hocus pocus" but this time we are promoting point of care ultrasound (POCUS) with a month-long discussion of subjects regarding bedside ultrasound. This is all in conjunction with Practical POCUS which will be having courses at the end of this year. Our first topic, ultrasound for the diagnosis of urolithiasis.

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Podcast #114 - An Airway Bundle to Improve Intubation with Jeff Jarvis

Recently, Dr. Jeff Jarvis was published in the Annals of Emergency Medicine for a paper regarding a clinical bundle he developed to reduce complications during intubation. Specifically, his paper was to help reduce hypoxia in out-of-hospital intubation attempts. However, the pearls can be used by anyone managing the airway of a patient.

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Podcast #116 - POCUS Improves Patient Understanding and Satisfaction

Continuing in our month long discussion of point of care ultrasound (POCUS), we move to talking about patient understanding and satisfaction. This is all in conjunction with Practical POCUS which will be having courses at the end of this year. We have previously heard that the use of bedside ultrasound has helped with patient satisfaction, but a recent paper investigated the benefits with improving patient understanding.