Cardiopulmonary Point of Care Ultrasound – Book Review

Many thanks to Dr Manoj Wickramsinghe for his review of this fabulous POCUS textbook. He is a trainee in Anaesthesia and ICM, based in Leeds, and one of the CCN editorial team. About the book authors Editors; Hatem Soliman-Aboumarie, Marcelo Haertel Miglioranza, Luna Gargani, Giovanni Volpicelli.  The authors and editors of this book include some... Continue Reading →

Battle of the Portables – VScan SL by GE Healthcare

We've been busy again to bring you the fastest review of GE's new offering. The VScan SL probe is due to be released and we were lucky enough to get our hands on this fab device. Was it as good as its sister device, the VSCan Air? Take a look at our 3-person review. Dr... Continue Reading →

Let’s Natriurese not diurese!

We obsess with diuresis in our critically ill patients with positive fluid balances. But are we doing a dis-service? The focus should perhaps be on natriuresis...but how? The evidence is out there suggesting a positive fluid balance is detrimental to overall outcomes in ICU. I talk on the JICS mix below: https://youtu.be/faX9Zerio3o See also my... Continue Reading →

Will A.I take over the World?!

In this video, my great friend and fellow editor Dr Marcus Peck, talks us through the world of A.I in POCUS! Let's face it, our kids are using it to write essays, the military uses it and you can't seem to be able to speak to a human being on the phone as companies are... Continue Reading →

Best #FOAMed Finds Feb 2023 (2)!

The last for Feb! All sifted to keep you up to date! Follow us if you aren't already. Jonny - @wilkinsonjonny Ashley - @ICMteaching Marcus - @ICUltrasonica Jump Menu JAM pick of the papers! Best POCUS Best FOAM History! Podcasts! Best websites! Best Videos Best Meetings! JAM's Pick of the Papers As ever, we recommend... Continue Reading →

Best #FOAMed Finds Feb 2023!

More to wet your appetite...loads of fab resources, Tweets and more to see. Follow us if you aren't already. Jonny - @wilkinsonjonny Ashley - @ICMteaching Marcus - @ICUltrasonica Jump Menu JAM pick of the papers! Best POCUS Best FOAM History! Podcasts! Best websites! Best Meetings! JAM's Pick of the Papers As ever, we recommend you... Continue Reading →

Best #FOAMed Finds Jan 2023!

We are back...missed us? So, here is a trawl of all that's hot....nothing that's not! Enjoy, and follow us if you aren't already. Jonny - @wilkinsonjonny Ashley - @ICMteaching Marcus - @ICUltrasonica Jump Menu JAM pick of the papers! Best POCUS Best FOAM History! Podcasts! Best websites! Best Meetings! JAM's Pick of the Papers Some... Continue Reading →

Point-of-care ultrasound in critical care

Edited by Luke Flower and Pradeep Madhivthanan  I am at the beginning of my critical care POCUS journey, but I am starting to think about all the applications of POCUS I may need to be fluent in during my career in ICM. How can I integrate it into my ward rounds when I am a... Continue Reading →

Ultrasound Tweetorials!

I've been delivering Tweetorials on various aspects of ultrasound over the year. So, here's a festive Tweet (sad!), for you. All in one post! Enjoy and happy scanning....look after yourselves. Jump links: Heart Lung Diaphragm Liver Gastric Aorta DVT Airway JW HEART 1/13 Today’s Tweetorial for you! We look at basic cardiac #POCUS views👍 🫀... Continue Reading →

Battle of the Portables – Kosmos!

Here is another in our review series, and one with the most reviews we've ever had! 6 clinicians rate the device. There are 2 detailed reviews from myself and then the fantastic Philipe Rola (he of VExUS fame and top Ultrascoundrel). We then get overall thoughts from us all (Myself, Philipe Rola, Segun Olusanya, Adrian... Continue Reading →

The POCUS Manifesto

About the author Follow him here: So, a book lands on POCUS! Of course, I'm interested! But, we've seen them all before....the 'how to' guides, the instructional references. There are plenty of them out there now. So, what's special about this book then.....and it is very special, I hasten to add. Take a look below... Continue Reading →

Best #FOAMed August 2021

It's been a year since the last collection! But dip in and see what we have chosen as the top topics recently within ICU and Critical care. Headliners FUSIC-HD is out! Get yourself accredited within one of the most comprehensive ultrasound training schemes out there! Now in HD!! CPAP saves lives? TTM might be the... Continue Reading →

The Battle of the Portables – the Vscan Air!

Here, we are excited to bring you our 4 person review of GE's new wireless portable ultrasound device. I would like to thank wholeheartedly, some of my great friends and colleagues for taking all of their precious time out to review this device for us all. And what an experience base we have! Dr Ashley... Continue Reading →

Lactate

There are many reasons for a raised lactate. Identify the cause and then you will know if you need to do anything about it. Hint - it's usually not IV fluids. Lactate-CCNDownload

Fluid guideline for critical care patients

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Hypernatraemia

Hypernatraemia is an independent predictor of mortality. DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfm831. It is completely avoidable. This downloadable 1 page guide outlines causes, diagnosis and treatment. Hypernatraemia-guidelineDownload

Book review – SCAN-IT: A Primer for Emergency Point of Care Ultrasound

Here we bring you another review of a text on POCUS....of course! This comes from the delightful POCUS ninja, Dr Manoj Wickramasinghe. Thanks to him, so what is out and what did he think?    About the authors: Muhammad Akbar Baig is an Assistant Professor and consultant in Emergency medicine with specific interests in research,... Continue Reading →

Hyponatraemia

Hyponatraemia can be confusing to diagnose and treat. Here it is all on 1 page! Hyponatraemia-guideline-3Download

The Vaccine – should you…shouldn’t you??

Preamble I want to start this post off by declaring I am a doctor, an intensive Care doctor at that, so I have witnessed first hand what this virus can do! I also want to state that I am NOT anti-vaccine, nor am I a conspiracy theorist! I wanted to post this in order to... Continue Reading →

The Battle of the Portables – The Butterfly iQ+ Reviewed!

So....we put the new iQ+ through its paces and I am very privileged to have Dr Russ Horowitz take us through a paediatric review using the device as well. Russ is the Director of Emergency and Critical Care ultrasound Lurie Children's Hospital - Chicago What did we think then...... The perspective from Adult Anaesthesia and... Continue Reading →

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