Episode 53 Pediatric POCUS

In this Episode on Pediatric POCUS, a follow up to Episode 18 Point of Care Ultrasound Pearls and Pitfalls, which covered pericardial effusion, pneumothorax, undifferentiated shock, cardiac arrest & DVT, we bring you 4 of North America’s Pediatric Point of Care Ultrasound gurus recorded live from Toronto during the first ever P2 Conference (PEM POCUS) - Pediatric Emergency Medicine Point of Care Ultrasound.

The format will be a bit different for this episode. I’ve asked each our P2 gurus to describe a case that illustrates their favorite point of care ultrasound application, why they think it is useful, how it improves patient care, a step by step description of how to perform the application, the pearls and pitfalls of the application, and bit about what the literature says about the application. Dr. Jason Fischer on ultrasound-guided nerve blocks, Dr. Alyssa Abo on pediatric lung POCUS, Dr. Adam Sivitz on pediatric appendicitis POCUS and Dr. Alex Arroyo on intussesception.



Written Summary and blog post prepared by Dr. Jason Fischer and Dr. Michael Kilian, November 2014

Cite this podcast as: Fischer, J, Abo, A, Sivitz, A, Arroyo, A, Helman, A. Pediatric POCUS. Emergency Medicine Cases. November, 2014. https://emergencymedicinecases.com/episode-52-pediatric-pocus/. Accessed [date].

Pediatric EM Point of Care Ultrasound Forearm Nerve Block

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Ch 1 - Pediatric POCUS Forearm Nerve Block

Video of ulnar nerve block by Dr. Mike Stone here

Video of median nerve block by Dr. Mike Stone here

Video of lecture on principals of nerve blocks by Dr. Michael Stone here

Pediatric EM Pneumonia Lung Point of Care Ultrasound

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 Ch2 - Pediatric Pneumonia Lung POCUS

Video of POCUS lung scan by Dr. Mike Stone here.

PV card on using POCUS for a focused lung assessment on ALiEM.

Meta-analysis in Pediatrics summarizes the evidence on using ultrasound to diagnose pneumonia. Abstract

Pediatric EM Abodominal POCUS - Appendicitis & Instussesception

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Ch 3 Pediatric Abdominal POCUS

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