Part One covers aspects of core and advanced aspects of lung ultrasound application including: Zones, Technique, and Artifacts
Part Two covers PoCUS in COVID, the recent research, PoCUS findings, Infection Protection and Control, Indications and Pathways.
Infectious Disease Physician
Saint John Regional Hospital
March 10th 2020
•Outdated approach: Assumes that common health problems are incompatible with being at work
•Results in people signed off work all together while awaiting or undergoing treatment
•Prolonged and unnecessary sickness absence: can have devastating effects on lives of patients/their families
•Don’t have to be 100% “well” or “better” to do all or some of job
● Complete hx : mechanism of injury, age, risk factors
● Accurate physical (e.g. there is more to the wrist exam than checking the “snuffbox” and more to the ankle exam than included in the Ottawa rules)
● X ray studies:
○ 20% of MSk litigation involves failure to order X rays in the first place
○ Ensure adequate quality of films (e.g. proper lateral views of hands, wrists and elbows) and order additional views if required
○ Be acutely aware of common locations for occult fractures: scaphoid, radial head, hip, talar dome, tibial plateau etc.
○ Most commonly missed fracture is the second fracture.
Dr. Kavish Chandra presents rounds on Free Open Access Medical Education (FOAM) and how to make it work for you
How to get FOAM to work for you
We also have our own online journal channel at Cureus.com. Articles are submitted by local as well as international authors, and reviewed by peers and finally approved by local channel editors
Then within the program, search blogs and website by name or URL. The programs above generally search your created list and populate a “to read list” with direct links and the option to defer until you have more time
Examples of websites and blogs
Step 2 – connect with social media (SoMe)
Use SoMe to connect with the largest online medical community
Participate in post publication reviews
If anything, take away one of the many pearls
See the attached image for “How to Twitter”
Please find the entire rounds presentation below
Dr. Lohoar presents rounds on the topic of ‘Electrical Injuries’ including electrocution, lightening strike and Taser injuries.
X2 Darts have a double barb, X26 Darts come in extra long ‘winter coat’ and standard ‘summer’ varieties.
