The appearance of high quality hand held ultrasound machines mean we will all have imaging available at our finger tips. This talk details a personal study on the impact this can have on families. It also outlines the frequency of incidental findings and raises questions regarding the risk:benefit ratio in the discovery of an incidental finding. The financial and emotional costs of incidental findings are also enormous. For those practicing POCUS – the simple single question focused form of bedside ultrasound – one should remain focused and not be distracted by incidental findings you are not qualified or taught to recognise. Communication regarding the limitations of your scan are far more important. In those with advanced ultrasound education identification and further consideration of incidental findings is appropriate.
SonoBYTE: Mitral Valve Magic by James Rippey
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Persistent Critical Illness by Jack Iwashyna
Phoebe Adams, , The Talks DASsmacc, Persistent Critical Illness, 0
While much of resuscitation focuses on the dramatic early minutes to hours of critical illness, many patients stay for...
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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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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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Peter Brindley interrogates: Reuben Strayer
Phoebe Adams, , 2017, The Talks DASsmacc, bellomo, brindley, crowe, interrogates, machado, strayer, weingart, 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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SMACCForce “Out for blood”
Phoebe Adams, , The Talks DASsmacc, smaccFORCE, 0
“Out for blood” by Bill Hinckley
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SonoBYTE: Echo in Cardiac Arrest by Haney Mallemat
Phoebe Adams, , The Talks DASsmacc, cardiac arrest, ECHO, SonoBYTE, 0
Ultrasound is an important adjunct for caring for cardiac arrest patients, but trans-thoracic can deter from important hands-on compressions....
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NeuroImaging Nibble Subtle Sinus Venous Thrombosis
Phoebe Adams, , 2017, The Talks DASsmacc, NeuroImaging, Subtle Sinus Venous Thrombosis, 0
Neuro Imaging Nibble: Subtle Sinus Venous Thrombosis by Brandon Foreman
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The Clinician Advocate: How Evidence and Anecdote Produce Change
Phoebe Adams, , 2017, The Talks DASsmacc, Advocate, Alcohol, clinician, Emergency Departments, public health, 0
Emergency departments are at the forefront of dealing with the harmful effects of alcohol consumption. ED alcohol-related presentation data...