Faculty Learning Materials

Core Topics

Introduction & Knobology

Watch this Youtube lecture about the basics of ultrasound and how to get started:

Download a “checklist” towards POCUS competency – download and fill out during your rotation to keep you on track:

Review this paper as a reference for the evidence behind the use of POCUS in Paediatric Emergency Medicine:

PEM POCUS summary of the evidence (Marin et al. Critical Ultrasound Journal 2016)

Week 1: Lung

Watch this Youtube lecture about how to acquire and interpret lung ultrasound images:

iLearn

To access the iLearns, you’ll need to be logged into the SickKids Hospital network (either on a Hospital computer, or logged into the SickKids wifi):

  1. You will be prompted to sign in to Office 365.
  2. Sign into iLearn with your Windows Account.
  3. In iLearn search “POCUS” for a list of all tutorials and exams.

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Core Papers

Read these core papers for more evidence about the use of lung POCUS:

Week 2: Cardiac & IVC

Watch this Youtube lecture about how to acquire and interpret cardiac ultrasound images:

How To Video:

iLearn

To access the iLearns, you’ll need to be logged into the SickKids Hospital network (either on a Hospital computer, or logged into the SickKids wifi):

  1. You will be prompted to sign in to Office 365.
  2. Sign into iLearn with your Windows Account.
  3. In iLearn search “POCUS” for a list of all tutorials and exams.

ImageSim

Core Papers

Read these core papers for more evidence about the use of cardiac POCUS:

Week 3: E-FAST

Watch this Youtube lecture about how to acquire and interpret FAST Abdomen ultrasound images:

How To Video:

iLearn

To access the iLearns, you’ll need to be logged into the SickKids Hospital network (either on a Hospital computer, or logged into the SickKids wifi):

  1. You will be prompted to sign in to Office 365.
  2. Sign into iLearn with your Windows Account.
  3. In iLearn search “POCUS” for a list of all tutorials and exams.

ImageSim

Core Papers

Read these core papers for more evidence about the use of E-FAST POCUS:

Week 4: Soft Tissue

Watch this Youtube lecture about how to acquire and interpret soft tissue ultrasound images:

How To Video – Water Bath:

iLearn

To access the iLearns, you’ll need to be logged into the SickKids Hospital network (either on a Hospital computer, or logged into the SickKids wifi):

  1. You will be prompted to sign in to Office 365.
  2. Sign into iLearn with your Windows Account.
  3. In iLearn search “POCUS” for a list of all tutorials and exams.

ImageSim

Core Papers

Read these core papers for more evidence about the use of soft tissue POCUS:

Extra Applications

Nerve Blocks

Watch this Youtube lecture about how to acquire and interpret nerve ultrasound images:

Core Papers/Resources

Read these core papers for more evidence about the use of nerve POCUS

Testicular

How To Video:

Core Papers/Resources

Read these core papers for more evidence about the use of testicular POCUS:

Ocular

Watch this Youtube lecture about how to acquire and interpret ocular ultrasound images:

Core Papers/Resources

Read these core papers for more evidence about the use of ocular POCUS:

Intussusception

How-To’s: Learning Guide

 

Our continuously updated How-To playlist is an excellent source of tips and tricks to improve your POCUS use. Subscribe now for our entire P2Share collection. These are meant to be complimentary to your core learning material above.

Introduction to PEM POCUS

Manual of Ultrasound for Resource-Limited Settings“. The Partners in Health. First Edition, 2011

Ultrasound Physics & Knobology:

Back to Basics – Transducer Manipulation

How to slide, tilt, rock and rotate your way to a decent view of whatever you need to see.

Abdomen


Appendicitis

Ultrasound Podcast

  • Appendicitis Remix – “In this episode we do something a little different than normal. Instead of giving you a “great save” story, we’re gonna talk about how it can go wrong. What we don’t want to do is scare you away from doing this exam. However, it’s important to inject some humility occasionally, especially when we’re talking about an advanced scan.”
  • Episode 02: Appendicitis – “Seriously, you’re still CT’ing every RLQ pain? Get with the program and learn why and how to ultrasound for appendicitis. If this isn’t a skill you have, why not? Maybe you don’t see patients with abdominal pain, but if you do, check out this podcast”

Intussusception

Bedside Ultrasound Diagnosis of Pediatric Intussusception

Samuel Lam, Advocate Christ Medical Center

Ultrasound Podcast

  • Intussusception Part 1 – “You’ve got a little bugger with belly pain and they may have intussusception…..or they could just have gastro. How to know? Well, this isn’t the xray podcast. Of course, you’re going to ultrasound them. Or if you’re not, watch this and hopefully you will afterwards.”
  • Intussusception Part 2 – “Have you been scanning some little bellies for turducken? We sure hope so. If you’ve waiting to hear from the man, Andy Sloas, before diving in, then the wait’s over. Here he is for Intussusception Part 2. He does this all the time and is a scanning maniac. Like Russ, he knows his stuff.”

Pyloric Stenosis


Right Upper Quadrant (RUQ)

Airway Confirmation

Ultrasound Podcast

  • Quit Mainstemming Kids: Airway Ultrasound – “We know you’re awesome and you never mainstem intubate children or adults. Of course, the literature says even the best peds EM trained docs mainstem about 30% of the time, but you’re best of the best. However, if others are doing this, you should at least watch this so you can “help them”……right? Enjoy…”
Cardiac
FAST

FAST – How To Lecture

Vicki Noble, Massachusetts General Hospital

Gyne: First Trimester Pregnancy

Essential 1st Trimester Pelvic Ultrasound

Heidi Kimberly shows you how to use Transabdominal ultrasound to assess for intrauterine pregnancy (IUP)

 

Hydration
Lung
Musculoskeletal (MSK)
Neck
Nerve Blocks

Ultrasound-Guided Nerve Blocks in Emergency Care

Mike Stone, Highland General Hospital

October 16th 2011, Moscone Center, San Francisco, CA

Distal Sciatic Nerve Block

Mike Stone, Highland General Hospital
A quick intro to scanning and planning your approach to a popliteal sciatic nerve block

Ulnar Nerve Block

Mike Stone, Highland General Hospital
A 2-minute intro to scanning and planning your approach to an ulnar nerve block

Radial Nerve Block

Mike Stone, Highland General Hospital
A 2-minute intro to scanning and planning your approach to a radial nerve block

Median Nerve Block

Mike Stone, Highland General Hospital
A 2-minute intro to scanning and planning your approach to a median nerve block.

Ocular
Procedures

Ultrasound Guided LP – The Essentials

A quick video demonstrating the technique for finding the relevant landmarks in an ultrasound guided lumbar puncture.

The “Wire In Needle” technique for CVC Placement


Bladder Volume (BV)


Central Venous Catheter (CVC)


Intraosseous (IO)


Peripheral Intravenous Line (PIV)

Renal
Resuscitation
Skull
Soft Tissue
Testicle
Other Media

Emergency Medicine Cases

  • Episode 53: Pediatric POCUS – Listen