January is already over…

Australia Day weekend is here, and so next week will see the world awaken and the real work begin. We’ve been busy here at Zedu HQ working on some cool ideas across a range of specialties – always something happening. At least we have electricity to keep the lights on now 🙂 Also had fun this week talking to Michael Prats (@PratsEM) for his next US G.E.L. podcast – watch this space.

Highlights from this week include a piece in Nature (@Nature) on wearable ultrasound technology that allows for dynamic monitoring of cardiac performance,  a piece in @BJAJournals comparing biplanar versus conventional two-dimensional ultrasound guidance for radial artery catheterisation, and from the American Society of Echocardiography (@ASE360) Recommendations for Cardiac Point-of-Care Ultrasound in Children: A Report from the American Society of Echocardiography.

PLUS…be sure to tune into us on Spotify – we have an ultrasound playlist that should keep your POCUS rocking!

Tuning out ourselves now.

See you next week.

Suean and Mike

The first Coaching Corner for 2023 is almost here. Join Suean as she talks the tips & tricks you can use to take the pain out of foreign bodies – for you & your patient. Join live & free on ZOOM Thursday 2 Feb 7.30pm AEST – register here

Get the most out of your teaching moments – join our TRain the UltraSound Trainer (TRUST) course This isn’t a course on how to perform an ultrasound examination or use the technology – it’s designed to give you the teaching tools you’ll need to teach ultrasound on the run. In the words of a previous participant – it’s meta!

6 – 7 May 2023 | 7 – 8 October 2023

27 January

Check out the video from last week's Ultrasound Grand Rounds: @mtabbut on "POCUS in the House of Medicine."https://t.co/IcXeXTwyhD#MetroEUS #POCUS #Ultrasound #Medicine #Healthcare pic.twitter.com/1GEUZcWLpw

— MetroHealth Emergency Ultrasound (@MH_EMultrasound) January 26, 2023

@BioMedCentral BMC Nursing

Effectiveness of point of care ultrasound (POCUS) simulation course and skills retention for Japanese nurse practitioners

Physiotherapy Journal ft @georgentou1

Quantification of changes in lung aeration associated with physiotherapy using lung ultrasound in mechanically ventilated patients: a prospective cohort study

 

26 January

Use #POCUS to identify Achilles tendon ruptures. Sns 95%, Spc 99% (PMID: 34801318)!

Learn how here: https://t.co/v2uF0NoTxJ #MedEd #Radiology #FOAMed @amir_aminlari pic.twitter.com/GIy9dQBctp

— Jailyn/Ben (@coreultrasound) January 25, 2023

Biplanar versus conventional two-dimensional #ultrasound guidance for radial artery catheterisation#POCUS via @BJAJournals

Do you use bi-planar US guidance?
What are your thoughts?https://t.co/UeFzIWBkzp pic.twitter.com/gwkOKXKknI

— Zedu Ultrasound Training (@zedunow) January 25, 2023

https://t.co/VcYS2rvsjt

— Ahmed Mohsen (@drahmedmohsen85) January 25, 2023

Article of the week looks at using Kane’s framework to build an assessment tool for undergrad med student clinical competency with #POCUS

The themes & issues seem relevant & meaningful when assessing learners
What are your thoughts?

Join the conversationhttps://t.co/EPXQdBCf5W pic.twitter.com/fGXjpNgCFG

— Zedu Ultrasound Training (@zedunow) January 26, 2023

25 January

Next in my introductory #POCUS series is the abdomen.
Basic introduction and normal findings
Check it out
@WVUMedicine @WVUMedSchool @WVU_Ultrasound @WVUEmergencyMed @wvuemeducation #FOAMed #FOAMushttps://t.co/gZcyYtBg74

— Joseph Minardi (@jminardi21) January 24, 2023

English version of our first article of the #PoCUS trilogy https://t.co/YDG4NYSz0w pic.twitter.com/o1WT42D7NB

— Gregorio Romero-González (@Tubulocentric) January 25, 2023

First podcast of the year! #POCUS and #IMPOCUS #liverdisease #hospitalist #internalmedicine https://t.co/bpzk7i0tkG

— Danburymedicalfiles (@Danburymedfiles) January 24, 2023

Optimising your echo windows:

Do you stop when you get something vaguely like what you think it should look like? Or do you try and find something better every time?

I’m forever telling my trainees “have you tried a rib space lower?” In apical 4 chamber.

Here’s why: 🧵

— Natasha (@nat_echo) January 24, 2023

Wondering about leadership and resources for your #POCUS program? Check out our goodie loaded primer in @CJEMonlinehttps://t.co/ibLjVeE2JF@dan___kim @GillianSheppar9 @anneaspler @newbigj

— Colin Bell (@colinrbell) January 24, 2023

@Nature

A wearable cardiac ultrasound imager

@srrezaie @EMSwami
REBEL Core Cast 94.0 – SBO

@WINFOCUS

Lung ultrasound to evaluate aeration changes in response to recruitment maneuver and prone positioning in intubated patients with COVID-19 pneumonia: preliminary study

24 January

Zedu's now on @Spotify 🕺💃🪩

Check out some ultra tunes to keep you all grooving for a day of fun with #ultrasound

Tell us what songs you'd like to add to keep your #POCUS pumped https://t.co/uMOSIdr7MB pic.twitter.com/m30d9wABWx

— Zedu Ultrasound Training (@zedunow) January 24, 2023

@AIUMUltrasound

Ultrasound Education in United States Medical Schools

@AIUMUltrasound

Ultrasound Education in United States Medical Schools

@CASEfromASE

Incidental Quadricuspid Aortic Valve Demonstrated by Transillumination on Three-Dimensional Transesophageal Echocardiography

@escardio ft @EchoSoliman

How to assess systemic venous congestion with point of care ultrasound

@BJAJournals

Biplanar versus conventional two-dimensional ultrasound guidance for radial artery catheterisation

Join the POCUS Educators / Seed Support Network on Facebook – a safe space to share education tips, resources and issues. People from around the world are joining in so come on down.

23 January

Cardiogenic Shock: Emergency Department-Focused Management #FOAMed #FOAMcc @EMHighAK @long_brit https://t.co/GoQ64l3jlI

— emDOCs Team (@emdocsdotnet) January 23, 2023

@RACSurgeons

Benign ultrasound in a young adult with pT2 seminoma – beware the malignant potential of undescended testes

@BioMedCentral

Echocardiographic reference ranges for noninvasive left ventricular 18-segment myocardial work index and work efficiency in a healthy Asian population

@ASE360

Recommendations for Cardiac Point-of-Care Ultrasound in Children: A Report from the American Society of Echocardiography

22 January

Having non-clinical #AI #POCUS fun with DALL-E2

We wondered what #ultrasound as interpreted by the masters would look like

We have Van Gogh, Picasso, DaVinci, Lichtenstein, Warhol

How do you think the AI did?
Which is your favourite?
Who would you like to see next?@OpenAI pic.twitter.com/NlA2imm4hn

— Zedu Ultrasound Training (@zedunow) January 22, 2023

Proud to be part of this SR with sixty studies/5,025 patients —- with 39 studies contributing to meta-analyses. Diaphragm ultrasound is reliable, valid, and responsive in ICU patients https://t.co/xnhwJ12e2v Amazing leadership from @dtruongPT @selina_parry and @aartisarwal

— Dr George Ntoumenopoulos #IStandWithUkraine 🇺🇦 (@georgentou1) January 22, 2023

Check out this #Dadjokes snippet from @BlockIt_Hot_Pod #BlockItLikeItsHot Episode 4

This episode also features a rap from @jeffgadsden , plus lots of tech-talk!!

Podbean: https://t.co/UtHQvTZLV7
Spotify: https://t.co/cDSyyEjf3O
Apple: https://t.co/JRkoERB3Qt pic.twitter.com/4uSnFoqixx

— Dr Amit Pawa💉🎙️ (@amit_pawa) January 21, 2023

21 January

Clinicians now use ultrasound to diagnose pneumonia, cirrhosis, detached retinas, bowel obstructions, and aortic dissection, among other problems. Soon, the instrument may be more ubiquitous than the stethoscope.https://t.co/8g5vv4F6iM

— The New Yorker (@NewYorker) January 21, 2023

What a lovely review! This is exactly how I was trained to do PTAs. I’ve heard of more folks deferring I&D nowadays with the studies you cited. Any insight into when you’d def recommend drain based on literature?

— Sara Dimeo, MD, MEHP (@sara_dimeo) January 20, 2023

We are pleased to open up registration for our next #POCUS club. It will be on 14th Feb 23 from 1500-1600hrs UK time. I missed a trick by organising a Lung US talk instead of a heart-related topic for Valentine's Day🤦🏻‍♂️. We have the amazing @NHSmallwood speaking to us on Lung US! https://t.co/YjimbNdAMl

— Chris Yap (@casualtysrus) January 19, 2023

@CJRTeditor @derwuk

Acquisition and retention of lung ultrasound skills by respiratory therapists: A curriculum for respiratory therapists

@CASEfromASE

Atrial Fusocellular Sarcoma: An Uncommon Presentation

@PLOSOne

Left ventricle segmentation in transesophageal echocardiography images using a deep neural network

@PLOSOne

Differences in aortic valve area measured on cardiac CT and echocardiography in patients with aortic stenosis

@JCM_MDPI

First-Phase Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction as an Early Sign of Left Ventricular Dysfunction in Patients with Stable Coronary Artery Disease

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Ultrasound imaging in thyroid nodule diagnosis, therapy, and follow-up: Current status and future trends

@BioMedCentral

Using Kane’s framework to build an assessment tool for undergraduate medical student’s clinical competency with point of care ultrasound

@CASEfromASE

When Insufflation Goes Awry: Massive Gas Embolism During Laparoscopic Surgery

@CASEfromASE

Ascending Aortic Aneurysm in an Asymptomatic Young Woman Without Risk Factors

@AnnalsofEM

Cases:

Man With Acute Chest Pain

Male Adolescent With Syncope and Abnormal Chest X-Ray

Woman With Fever and Hypotension

Man With Abdomen Pain

Woman With a Thigh Mass

Woman With a Painful Knee

Elderly Woman With Fever and Hypotension