Excited for our @SAAFP1 Pre-Conference PoCUS workshop, led by @GusiPocus with local Family Physician trainers. I’ll be there to take many selfies. So come join on 6 Sept in Cape Town! #FMPoCUS#PoCUS
ALT Link to registration: https://www.jotform.com/form/223282703213042#preview
A good reminder for myself, to scan all the way through to the apex. This little dude was trying to hide from me. Also some pretty smoke / spontaneous echo contrast. #PoCUS#FMPoCUS#EchoFirst
More fun with my @zebra_medical@ButterflyNetInc. Young patient scanned with @skaapie7, IV drug user with clinical infective endocarditis. Ended up with a positive fungal blood culture. A very unhappy aortic valve. PoCUS helped us expedite cardiology transfer. #FMPoCUS#IMPoCUS
Mid 20s female with a couple of recent presentations of abdo pain and vomiting. Always normal bloods, vitals and exam. Labelled as dramatic. Quick PoCUS changes disposition!
Such a pretty gallstone and acoustic shadow. #FMPoCUS#PoCUS
ALT Visualisation of the vertebral bodies above the liver and diaphragm indicates a right pleural effusion. A normal air-filled lung doesn’t transmit sound waves so the vertebral bodies stop at the diaphragm. But fluid transmits the sounds waves so the pleural effusion allows us to see the vertebral bodies above the diaphragm.
Our @OHSUSOM DGIM & @OHSU_DHM #POCUS fellows crack me up year after year. @M_ArmstrongDO @theawkwardyeti's fab comics = #POCUS heaven 😂😂😂. Also psyched to have Dr. Kelvin Ng this year, our first #FMpocus fellow!
Ultrasound fellowships are such a great opportunity to learn a valuable bedside skill, reconnect with medicine and patient care, and be curious! I agree it was my favorite year of medicine too!!! #impocus#fmpocus
Today’s crew of #POCUS teaching docs. Can’t believe this is the first time the entire pocus teaching crew is all women! #gusipocus#fmpocus#pocusinprimarycare @globalultrasou1
Summary:
-US useful for detecting effusions and guiding arthrocenteses
-USGI are highly accurate. Efficacy seen in knee, glenohumeral jt, elbow, wrist. More research needed for cost-effectiveness.
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Hey #POCUS friends! It’s that time again when we are hosting virtual case presentations from our community members. Please head to the AAFP POCUS MIG page for a link to tonight’s session @ 9PM EST, 6PM PST. See you then! @Scottiedoc1 @JOYofPOCUS @aafpconnect.aafp.org/communities…