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 →
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 →
Best #FOAMed Finds – August 2020 (2)
Let's go....the best picks of the hard work everyone is doing! Navigate: NewsBest papersBest blogsBest InfographicsWebsitesBest POCUSBest VideosBest TweetorialsImage of the weekTop resources News! We opened our ICU education portal! We will be expanding this on a weekly basis with loads of new topics. Best Papers Remdesvir JAMA report this positive COVID trial. Best from... Continue Reading →
Best #FOAMed finds August 2020
It's hot, COVID is beginning to tickle the belly of the NHS again.....but what else is going on in Critical Care?? Best PapersBest BlogsBest TweetorialsBest SitesBest Infographics and POCUSBest Videos Best Papers! Matt's Top Picks! Matt Bigwood takes us through his top picks of Critical Care Reviews papers. Cheers buddy.... Other papers! Just get on... Continue Reading →
My Coronavirus Journey (Up to 22nd May)!
Thanks so much to our contributor, Dr Matt Bigwood for writing this for us. These are his musings, direct from a frontline healthcare worker on ICU. He is a ST5 in ITU and Anaesthesia. News...something is coming?!! January 2020 I first heard about 'the Coronavirus’, like most people, sometime in January. It was pretty low... Continue Reading →
Best #FOAMed Finds – Out of Lockdown!
Top picks, best flicks, papers and capers in all that is Critical Care. Come and see what we picked out for you this month...almost out of lockdown?! #FOAMed #FOAMcc #POCUS
Dave & Jonny do SOA 2019 Pre-hab!
Hi all! Dave Lyness and I took to the mics. We bring you our take on what's in store for this amazing forthcoming meeting! The programme is ridiculous! Where do we start....well, here! Tune in here! Book SOA 2019 now....click here! Here is our second instalment - we talk with Nitin Arora about what's... Continue Reading →
Best #FOAMed Finds – August (3)
Hope you are all well? Here are the pics and flicks of the week to keep you on the ball in critical care! Featured! Wellington ICU! You have to check out the fab work of Alex Psirides and the crew at Wellington ICU. They have provided some brilliant resources to use / download etc here.... Continue Reading →
Best #FOAMed Finds – March 2019
The usual piles of POCUS, papers and more. It's been a while, so there's been a lot going on! News! Our course sold out, with a waiting list!!! Keep an eye on the site for info on the next session!! nw-pocus.com Hint....October in Warwick! The crew at Zedu! Thanks for picking us up... Continue Reading →
Best #FOAMed finds – February 2019
Loads of POCUS, resources, papers and more..... Want to get POCUS trained??? News! We met with GE to discuss some exciting stuff. Watch this space...plans for educational resources, social media smashing and more from a very supportive company. Battle of the POKUS! The final portable gets a fair test...see it here! Who will... Continue Reading →
Best #FOAMed Finds – December (1)
News! We were at iFAD and had a ball!! Check out some of what we got up to here Papers and Reviews Jonny's pick of Critical Care Reviews papers As always, thanks to Rob MacSweeny for finding all of this brilliant stuff for us! Gelophylaxis So we used to use it by the load...but nowadays,... Continue Reading →
Best of #FOAMed #FOAMcc #POCUS finds – October (2)
Blogs! Thoracocentesis...how much can you safely remove? Josh Farkas tells us Salim does snakes! Great blog on envenomation and treatment from Megan Spyres ***JW's pick of CCR papers*** Thanks to Rob MacSweeny at criticalcarereviews for all of this again! Here are my top picks: Publications and articles LA toxicity...are we getting... Continue Reading →
Ultrasound device No. 3 – Clarius
Pre-amble! So here is Part 3 of the as promised portable ultrasound reviews. The aim, to un-muddy the water a bit for you all over choice and functionality. There are so many put there at the moment, we wanted to test them on the shop floor…are they the true ITU workhorses you need to... Continue Reading →
Ultrasound Device No. 2 – The VScan by GE!
Ultrasound Devices - Part 2: VScan DP & Extend by GE! @GEHealthcare. Is this the pocket US workhorse of your dreams?! Find out! #FOAMed #POKUS #POCUS #FOAMcc #FOAMus #echofirst
Best #FOAMed #FOAMcc #POCUS finds – August (1)
News! ARDS best practice guidelines came out! The important thing is to check out the grades of evidence behind each recommendation. There is no real re-invention of the wheel, and most of the suggestions are things we are all doing already....hopefully?! Site of the month! We made website of the month with our library! A... Continue Reading →
Best #FOAMed #FOAMcc #POCUS finds – July (2)
Get the best out there of #FOAMed #POCUS FOAMcc #FOAMus #Echofirst #FOAMrad finds. Trawled, sifted and brought to you by us!
Best #FOAMed #FOAMcc #POCUS finds – July (1)
Still melting in the sun? Watching England apparently playing football for once....need a break from all of this? Then read on and absorb the best POCUS, papers, resources and much more from the FOAMEd world! Buckle up! News! Jeremy Hunt stepped out of his role as UK health secretary..... Dave Lyness does ITU trials April... Continue Reading →
Best #FOAMed #FOAMcc #POCUS finds – June (1)
Greetings! I hope this finds you all well. I've been busy as ever, ploughing through another load of the best hand picked gems from my SoMe trawls....so here are some #FOAM dazzlers for you! JW News! We blogged out about SoMe Adrian Wong, Manu Malbrain and myself teamed up with the guys at Biomed Central... Continue Reading →
Best of #FOAMed #FOAMcc #POCUS #echofirst finds – May (2)
Another edition and loads to talk about, as ever. Let's crack on...lots to click on and catch up on at your leisure. I hope you enjoy it. News! CCR 19 is coming!! Get booking here Is this for real?! At first, I thought this was an April fool...then realised its May! Exciting potential to... Continue Reading →
Best of #FOAMed #FOAMcc #POCUS Finds – April (1)
There are a lot of fabulous echo images here this week! You are all posting some brilliant stuff to keep us all interested and excusing the pun, in the loop! Thank you... Also, lots of journal club stuff going on on the Twittersphere! Papers, blogs and a lot more....settle down and get your CME done... Continue Reading →