Bedside ultrasound can be super helpful in assessing and managing the sick patient. This learning opportunity that I’ll be sharing at dasSMACC was provided to me by a lovely 65yr man who presented to ED late one Tuesday evening last year. From a brief history, examination and bedside echo we were able to diagnose him with acute pulmonary embolism with right heart strain and residual thrombus in his right atrium. This is an uncommon scenario but is associated with high mortality if left untreated or treated with anticoagulation alone, and patients have much better odds of surviving with thrombolysis or embolectomy.
SonoBYTE by Leanne Hartnett
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Four Tragic Dog Deaths: Lessons in Program Design and Development
Phoebe Adams, , The Talks DASsmacc, Administration, emergency medicine, innovation, medical education, Point-of-care Ultrasound, Program Design, Research, 0
Academic programs are built on four main pillars: clinical excellence, research, education, and administration. These apply whether you build...
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Endocarditis will also f&*k you up
Phoebe Adams, , 2017, The Talks DASsmacc, ENDOCARDITIS BLOOD CULTURES, 0
Endocarditis has been on the back burner for a while now. It is a disease that is evolving as...
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SonoBYTE: Global Relief Ultrasound
Phoebe Adams, , The Talks DASsmacc, diagnostic imaging, Education, Global health, Point-of-care Ultrasound, Resource-limited environments, training, Ultrasound, 0
The scale of need, wide burden of disease, and complex systems challenges can at times be overwhelming in the...
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Peter Brindley interrogates: Rinaldo Bellomo
Phoebe Adams, , 2017, The Talks DASsmacc, Kidneys, trials, 0
A no-holes barred series of 6 provocative medical interrogations. We challenge the state of research, social media, pharmacology, social...
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Sepsis, Brazil, Women in ICU… Who Cares? Peter Brindley interrogates: Flavia Machado
Phoebe Adams, , 2017, The Talks DASsmacc, brazil, Sepsis, women, 0
A no-holes barred series of 6 provocative medical interrogations. We challenge the state of research, social media, pharmacology, social...
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16 Bits of Anaphylaxis by Daniel Cabrera
Phoebe Adams, , The Talks DASsmacc, Anaphylaxis, 0
Anaphylaxis is a relatively common and potentially lethal emergency. Current definitions highlight the presence of allergic and allergic-like reactions...
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Diagnosing critical neuromuscular disease – physical exam findings, ancillary tests
Phoebe Adams, , 2017, The Talks DASsmacc, Neurology; Resuscitation; Emergency Medicine; Neuromuscular; Respiratory Failure; Physical Exam; Neurocritical Care, 0
Neuromuscular diseases are common and include chronic autoimmune disorders such as myasthenia gravis, acute demyelinating disorders like Guillain Barre,...
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Emergency Musical Interlude
Phoebe Adams, , 2017, The Talks DASsmacc, emergency medicine, music, 0
Humorous musical interpretation of life as a doctor, featuring singing at a piano.