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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SonoBYTE by Leanne Hartnett
Phoebe Adams, , The Talks DASsmacc, Bedside ultrasound, 0
Bedside ultrasound can be super helpful in assessing and managing the sick patient. This learning opportunity that I’ll be...
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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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How to Fail… Part Two by Martin Bromiley
Phoebe Adams, , The Talks DASsmacc, Failure, 0
Failure is something even the very best regularly experience, in safety critical roles that failure can lead to death...
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SMACCForce: Bariatric Panel Discussion
Phoebe Adams, , 2017, SMACCForce 2017, The Talks DASsmacc, Bariatric, 0
SMACCForce: Bariatric Panel Discussion with Mark Forrest, Jason Van Der Velde, Phil Keating, Cameron O’Leary
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Diagnosing Meningitis – CSF lactate, procalcitonin and fungitell, when to pull the trigger on steroids/abx?
Phoebe Adams, , 2017, The Talks DASsmacc, antibiotics, bacteria, brain, CSF, CT, emergency department, fungitell, lactate, LP, Meningitis, Neuro EM, procalcitonin, steroids, 0
The golden hour of meningitis involves rapid identification, workup, and treatment. In most cases, the diagnosis of meningitis is...
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Trending Towards Togetherness
Phoebe Adams, , 2017, The Talks DASsmacc, Africa, emergency care, emergency medicine, LMICS, LOW RESOURCE, RESOURCE LIMITED, 0
Over 85% of the world’s population live in Low and Middle Income countries. Health statistics in these countries are...
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The Global Refugee Crisis: Why it’s Critical that we Care by Vera Sistenich
Phoebe Adams, , The Talks DASsmacc, critical care, Global Refugee Crisis, 0
Why it’s critical that we care? The global refugee crisis exemplifies some of the greatest challenges facing our global...
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In Honour of the Clot (Consider the Lobster)
Phoebe Adams, , 2017, The Talks DASsmacc, Coagulation, Dinosaurs, Evolution, Fibrinogen, haemorrhage, Lobsters, thrombolysis, tPA, 0
A talk about David Foster Wallace, evolution, and what do when the thrombolysis bisque hits the fan.