SJRHEM Dalhousie Clerkship PoCUS Learning Objectives
SJRHEM has a nationally respected tradition in Point of Care Ultrasound (PoCUS) training. Our learners are trained in PoCUS by staff EM physicians who have a passion for clinical PoCUS, PoCUS research and PoCUS education.
Please ensure you have completed the following pre-reading before you start this Clerkship block.
Link to Pre-Reading Material – Read the CanPoCUS Core – Handbook
During the SJRHEM 3-week Clerkship block we have set the following PoCUS Learning Objectives:
- Gain familiarity with the basic operation of the SJRHEM Ultrasound machines
- Location (Acute, Trauma, RAZ)
- Power supply – keep charged
- On/Off
- New Patient – pprn, reading/referring physician
- Transducer selection
- Depth
- Gain
- Colour
- Image annotation
- Image/Clip freeze and saving
- Machine care – wipe down keyboard and transducers after each use.
- Basic Scanning technique
- Environment – Lighting, Bed height
- Patient comfort
- New Patient details
- Holding a transducer
- Orientating transducer to patient and screen
- Ultrasound anatomical planes – Transverse, Sagittal, Longitudinal, Coronal
- Post scanning – Patient and Machine care
- Q-Path
- Sign in
- Ability to review saved images and clips
- Supervised Scans
- To include those modalities learnt in PIER 1 and /or 3
- Vascular Access (Views of the IJ vein and Peripheral veins)
- Cardiac (Sub xiphoid, +/- Parasternal views)
- eFAST (RUQ, LUQ, Pelvic)
- Aorta
- To include those modalities learnt in PIER 1 and /or 3
- Observed Scans
- To observe the following modalities
- Obstetric (Early Preg)
- IVC
- Lung
- MSK
- To observe the following modalities
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