What a fun week we had…

with the Australasian Sonographers Association conference reawakening the face-to-face conference scene in Melbourne. It was so amazing to catch up with so many friends and colleagues after over two years of being stuck behind heavily santised keyboards and monitors. What did become startlingly obvious as we got out and about were are the many challenges (both covid and non-covid related) that are facing sonographers over the next couple of years. It will be interesting to see how we all adapt to meet the many demands being placed on us all.

Highlights to check out this week are Dan Kims POCUS in resuscitation resources, the cardiac cases from the team at MH Ultrasound and a great thread from Josh Guttman. And for anyone that gives presentations – in any form – take a look at the awesome tips and tricks from Tessa Davis – your students/audience will love you for it.

See you next week.

Mike and Suean

P.S. – Suean’s Coaching Corner last night on the tips and tricks of remote ultrasound coaching will be up soon. Check out the back catalogue of previous episodes – from testicular torsion to cardiac scanning and everything in between – here.

If you’re a sonographer thinking about becoming a SEED – or a potential employer trying to understand what it takes to make the transition – take a look at our TRain the UltraSound Trainer (TRUST) course designed specifically to give you the teaching tools you’ll need to teach ultrasound on the run. We’re running this internationally recognised course in Australia for the first time in July and October – don’t miss out.

23 – 24 July | 22 – 23 October

3 June

Poorly designed slides can destroy your presentation.

Here are 9 must follow rules to create slides that pop and keep your audience engaged:🧵👇

— Tessa Davis (@TessaRDavis) June 2, 2022

@PLOSOne

Ultrasonographic findings in patients with abdominal symptoms or trauma presenting to an emergency room in rural Tanzania

Radiology Case Reports

Sonographically diagnosed and conservatively managed case of polyorchidism: A case report

Radiology Case Reports

Left ventricular diverticulum: A case report and review of the literature

2 June

Check out the latest video from our Ultrasound Grand Rounds by @mtabbut about Cardiac Cases.https://t.co/3DyLsT7OMS#MetroEUS#FOAMed #FOAMus #POCUS #Ultrasound pic.twitter.com/fWJVlbn2L7

— MetroHealth Emergency Ultrasound (@MH_EMultrasound) June 1, 2022

Brief recap of my talk "5 #POCUS Resuscitation Papers You Should Know from the #CAEP22 POCUS Track this morning.@CAEPConference @CAEP_EUC pic.twitter.com/xezcx1OP4b

— Dan Kim (@dan___kim) June 1, 2022

1/14
The hallway SOBs
Twas a busy evening in the ED. I was coming out of the ressusc bay and I see 3 patients with the CC of "shortness of breath" all placed in hallway beds. X-rays were ordered already but X-ray is backed up. A resident has already seen 2 of the patients.

— Josh Guttman (@drjgutt) June 2, 2022

For Today's #WednesdayWisdom we are reading about a structured approach to identifying and overcoming barriers to teaching #POCUS from @APCCMPD

🔗https://t.co/s1HjZbS8Go pic.twitter.com/8DuTL2HmmV

— ATS Section on #MedEd (@ATSMedEd) June 1, 2022

#Ultrasound in critical care patient management. Key issues for reflection:
➡️ defining competencies in CCUS
➡️ training the intensivists
➡️ outcomes & future
Open access #FOAMcc #FOAMus #POCUS #echofirst on @yourICM by @avkwong @chiara_robba & P Mayo
📎 https://t.co/3faAYWTgHh pic.twitter.com/TRH2HRInSQ

— Intensive Care Medicine (@yourICM) June 1, 2022

IVC🤍#echofirst #echocardiography #inferiorvenacava #POCUS #IVC pic.twitter.com/AhhJmMcS6A

— The Echo Lady (@The_echo_lady) June 1, 2022

#POCUS: useful to manage airway (eg assisting percutaneous dilatation tracheostomy) in #CU? maybe not core skill but important in clinical care!
🖇️https://t.co/oqs1XgYv83

In reply to
🖇️https://t.co/aLKLHnoMkt

Refers to @ESICM consensus/recommendations
🖇️https://t.co/02FMTyiRf4 pic.twitter.com/OUXKVPdoKn

— Intensive Care Medicine (@yourICM) May 30, 2022

Listening to "Pulsus and pulsus paradoxus" at https://t.co/RpTZD7mDqX

— Danburymedicalfiles (@Danburymedfiles) June 1, 2022

@escardio

How to perform an ultrasound contrast myocardial perfusion examination?

@WINFOCUS

Interobserver agreement on the sonographic severity grading of shoulder impingement syndrome

1 June

Do you find ultrasound IT speak difficult?! Learn the basics of this language in our newsletter article by @robmferre & Dave Hennon from @IUSMEmergMed @IU_Health @IUEM_ultrasound! #POCUS @ACEPNow @NagdevArun @PennyLema @MGottliebMD @sonositu @javimedsimushttps://t.co/D4PNIJBF6s

— ACEP Ultrasound (@ACEP_EUS) May 31, 2022

You scan & you learn🫀Chiari network in right atrium,anatomical variant. @ASRA_Society POCUS course taught the essentials & I’m fortunate to work with fantastic cardiac anesthesiologists when I have a question @KalagaraHari @Nadia_Hdz_MD @NephroP @shaskinsMD @RJonesSonoEM pic.twitter.com/CXFUCiR2hp

— Melody Anderson, MD (@anesthesiadocmd) May 31, 2022

@PLOSOne

Reference ranges of fetal mandible measurements: Inferior facial angle, jaw index, mandible width/maxilla width ratio and mandible length in Thai fetuses at 15 to 23 weeks of gestation

@WINFOCUS

Integrated lung ultrasound score for early clinical decision-making in patients with COVID-19: results and implications

@ASE360

Recommendations for Multimodality Cardiovascular Imaging of Patients with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: An Update from the American Society of Echocardiography, in Collaboration with the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology, the Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance, and the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography

31 May

Point-of-care ultrasound use in Australasian EDs #OpenAccess #POCUShttps://t.co/PGI5w82lq2@chrispartyka @GenevieveCarbo2 @Hatem_Alkhouri @PaulMMiddleton @PEM_Ultrasound @WileyHealth @acemonline pic.twitter.com/qr35FDWsyk

— EMA Journal (@EMAJournal) May 31, 2022

Normal vs Fatty Liver (hepatic steatosis) side by side. You can see the fatty liver is more echogenic(brighter) with more attenuation of the soundwaves. Grading can be done as mild, moderate and severe (I, II, III) pic.twitter.com/O2Eu6YCYjx

— Stax_Baseball_Cards (@trigeminy_henry) May 31, 2022

PEM POCUS for pediatric appendicitis – Ever wanted to learn how to perform an ultrasound to 👀 the appendix? Now's your chance. Great tutorial by Drs. Lakin, @mindyduong, @margalinma.

Then take the free ALiEMU quiz to get 2 hrs of learning credit.https://t.co/8FYyH7Osh4 pic.twitter.com/xhDjV3YdMk

— Academic Life in EM (@ALiEMteam) May 31, 2022

@AIUMUltrasound

End-of-Residency Perspective on Early Ultrasound Education

@PLOSOne

Maternal diabetes independent of BMI is associated with altered accretion of adipose tissue in large for gestational age fetuses

30 May

29 May

Radiology Case Reports

Testicular torsion; clinical diagnosis or imaging diagnosis?

28 May

CASE: 51 y/o man, hx of nephrolithiasis, presents to ED w/ sudden onset left groin pain & syncope, unremarkable triage vitals. #POCUS revealed large left renal stone w/ hydronephrosis, a non-aneurysmal aorta, & enlarged left iliac artery. See more: https://t.co/dWoNosZ1E5 #FOAMus pic.twitter.com/xR5TogQxqB

— POCUS Journal (@POCUSJournal) May 28, 2022

This wk's @VaveHealth CMO vid of the week is inspired by @POCUSaurusDx's awesome journal review of the week. I learned a ton & wanted to share new (to me) approach. Would love to hear #POCUS gurus' thoughts! And sorry if it's fast, had to fit on twitter, you may need to pause 🙂 pic.twitter.com/dlc7yFVYyT

— Renee Dversdal (@DRsonosRD) May 27, 2022

@Cureus

Analysis of Rural Disparities in Ultrasound Access

Respiratory Medicine Case Reports

Ultrasound guided pulmonary artery catheter insertion: An alternative to fluoroscopic guidance

International Journal of Cardiovascular Sciences

A New Kid on the Block in POCUS: “LISA”