TOTAL EM - Tools Of the Trade and Academic Learning in Emergency Medicine - Podcast #117 - Check the Bladder Before the Radiology Performed Ultrasound

Podcast #117 - Check the Bladder Before the Radiology Performed Ultrasound

10/16/18 • 14 min

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

Although point of care ultrasound (POCUS) is a valuable tool, there are times that a formal radiology performed ultrasound is needed. We continue our October POCUS month marathon with a discussion on this topic and how we can improve success for our radiology colleagues. Mainly, we want patient's to have a properly sized bladder that will allow for the best imaging on transabdominal pelvic ultrasound.

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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.

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Podcast #118 - Confirming Intubation with Ultrasound

There are many ways to confirm successful intubation. Some are better than others, but they all have limitations. One newer approach is the use of point of care ultrasound (POCUS) to provide real-time confirmation of tube placement. We will talk about how to do this exam and its evidence in this blog and podcast.