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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

Book Review – Focussed Intensive Care Ultrasound!

Who are the authors? Dr Pete MacNaughton Qualifications: BSc, MB.BS, MD, MRCP, FRCA, PGCert Ed. General information: Dr MacNaughton qualified from Westminster Medical School, University of London in 1982. He undertook his postgraduate training in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine in London, Bristol and Australia. This was followed by MCRP Training Fellowship between 1989-1991 at... Continue Reading →

Bedside Ultrasound -Philippe Rola

Philippe has built a great name for himself within he world of ultrasound...and comes with some 'Sono-biceps'! So, when the opportunity came to review this book....I jumped for joy! This is aimed at those who may have some POCUS skills and perhaps need some expert guidance as to how to seamlessly integrate POCUS into their clinical... Continue Reading →

Quick Draw Anatomy for Anaesthetists

A novel concept! Joanna Oram Fox is a senior registrar in anaesthesia in Cardiff. And she sent us a rather nice book in the post! We all remember sitting on the train to London, pulling into Euston station becoming more and more tachycardic as the platform approached! The FRCA examinations were either that day, or... Continue Reading →

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