The Emergency Medicine Saint John Ultrasound Program was established as one of our priority academic programs. Amongst our physician group are a number of national and international leaders in the field of Point of Care Ultrasound (PoCUS). We several PoCUS courses each year in the Maritimes, including the CanPoCUS Core course, CanPoCUS IP School and CanPoCUS Fest – CanPoCUS.com
We have 2 Sonosite Edge II machines located in Trauma and RAZ and 1 Sonosite X-Porte in Acute. Our PoCUS simulation room features a Vimedex PoCUS simulator (including TEE), educational ultrasound machines and various phantoms. All EM SJ site hospitals have an ultrasound machine in their emergency departments and all sites are linked by a PoCUS image archiving solution (Q-Path).
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Program and Fellowship Director: Dr David Lewis
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Assistant Fellowship Director: Dr. Kyle Traboulsee
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Co-ordinator: Tanya Cormier
PoCUS Image Archiving
Image Archiving – Guidelines
PoCUS Q-PATH
Learners
Clerkship PoCUS
iFMEM Resident PoCUS
Rotating Residents PoCUS
EM SJ PoCUS Teaching Resources
Competency and Quality Assurance
PoCUS Competency Program
EM SJ PoCUS Quality Assurance
PoCUS Fellowships and Electives
Dalhousie PoCUS Fellowship
EM SJ Dalhousie Clerkship PoCUS Program
PoCUS Courses
EM SJ ECCU/CanPoCUS Courses
EM SJ Ultrasound Research
SHoC Network
DMNB PoCUS Club
DMNB PoCUS Club Machine Lending Library
Ultrasound Resources
Ultrasound Faculty
| Dr Cherie Adams
Dr Pat Dutton |
Dr Maria Kovalik
Dr Jacqueline Mackay |
Ultrasound Simulation Room
The ultrasound simulation room is located in the back corridor between RAZ and Trauma. They key for this room can be accessed via the ED Admin Office. This room is set up for a variety of ultrasound simulation modalities.
Equipment includes:
- Sonosite MicroMaxx Ultrasound Machine
- CAE Vimedix Simulator – Including Curvilinear, Phased Array and TEE transducers
- Blue Phantom – Head and Neck Vascular Access Phantom
- Blue Phantom – Transvaginal Phantom
- Blue Phantom – Upper Limb Vascular Access Phantom
- Blue Phantom – Vascular Access and Nerve block Phantoms
This equipment is available to all staff physicians, residents and medical students. Please contact Dr Lewis for simulator training if required. Simulator instructions can be found in the File Store below. Please ensure that all the equipment in the ultrasound simulation room is turned off and in good condition after use.
Quick Tips
How to Log a Scan (MTurbo)- Sonosite SJRHEM – logging a scan web
How to save and Image/Clip (MTurbo) – Sonosite SJRHEM – saving a clip or image web
Ultrasound Files
Links:
Australian PoCUS site. Lots of free educational PoCUS resources, including high quality video lectures and printable pocket guides.
The College of Emergency Medicine (UK) - PoCUS Resources. Includes policy documents, PoCUS curriculum and guidance on credentialing.
SoundBytes - Is a multimedia bedside ultrasound resource for use in hospital and at home. SoundBytes has been organised into a virtual textbook format with easily accessible chapters covering the major indications for clinician performed sonography.
From the Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) in Toronto Canada, P2SK is a world leader in the clinical application of point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) in pediatric emergency medicine (PEM).
This executive summary will provide a brief overview of consensus statements on sonography in hypotension and cardiac arrest (SHoC) recommended by the International Federation for Emergency Medicine (IFEM) for use in emergency medicine (EM).
IFEM has developed this document on point-of-care ultrasound (PoCUS) training programs and practice governance as part of an effort to provide structure and suggested guidelines for best practice.
The home of the ECCU Course and ECCU Modules. Book courses, access on-line PoCUS lectures and other resources.
The home of Canadian PoCUS credentialing. Guidance on achieving Independent Practitioner (IP) status.
This section has been instrumental in developing ultrasound resources for emergency physicians since 1996.