1/ Sometimes it just BAFFLES me that this procedure used to be done blind 🙈 😵‍💫 I mean, kudos to the docs who used to have the skills to do this...but in 2024, we can be better! #POCUS Here's a quick #tweetorial on using ultrasound for #paracentesis 🧵

Tomorrow, 7pm Newfoundland Standard Time @PaulAtkinsonEM will be bestowing all the #POCUS knowledge - don't miss out! Contact on poster for zoom link or DM me via X! @MUNEmergencyMed @GillianSheppar9 @jstonemclean #MedEd #CME

Join us for our next NL PoCUS Society Grand Rounds with PoCUS expert @PaulAtkinsonEM and review some interesting #POCUS cases! 🤓 November 12th - mark your calendar and register to join! @GillianSheppar9 @jstonemclean

"Phenotypes of B-lines" - not just present or absent, what do they look like? Seeing a little can tell you a lot! #POCUS pearls from @rajivthava during our NL #POCUS rounds. Huge thanks to @rajivthava for such a great talk!

POCUS literature primer: key papers on POCUS in cardiac arrest and shock https://t.co/YlTO5ufCjL by: @dan___kim @PaulAtkinsonEM @GillianSheppar9 @rajivthava @colinrbell @TomJelic @ELalandeEM @RogueClaire @TRRBB @FrankMyslik @OlszynskiP #POCUS

First PEM PoCUS course in the books! @canpocus spreading PoCUS knowledge throughout the Maritimes 🙌 @e_med_doc @KirstinYeh @PaulAtkinsonEM

#POCUS Twinkle sign for right UVJ stone

What is the benefit of isopropyl alcohol (IPA) inhalation for treatment of nausea? New SRMA in @EmergencyMedBMJ ▶️Three RCTs ▶️Pooled effect of IPA: 2-point reduction in nausea on 0-10 scale. ▶️Inexpensive, safe, and worth trying. 🍺IPA for the win https://t.co/o25LIIyBaj

A convenient label in a broken system... The ED is not the appropriate place for these older adult patients labeled ‘community emergencies,’ but where else do they go? …terrible for the patient…risk of delirium, falls, decline, etc, as well as the overall function of the ED.

Also from the #EACVI consensus statement on lung #ultrasound in heart failure, the authors include an infographic highlighting the idea of integrating both cardiac and lung ultrasound findings into the clinical picture #POCUS #echo 🔗 https://t.co/XEzWd7QKff

Toxic trend in courts: If an abusive man has past trauma, it is used to make every excuse for his current abuse. If a female victim-survivor has past trauma, it is used to say she's an unreliable reporter of the more recent crimes an abuser has committed against her.

Guest appearance by smiley @SarahLothlorien

What a weekend! Fog couldn't keep @e_med_doc away! Lots of #POCUS learning courtesy of @canpocus @KTraboulsee and our amazing local crew @GillianSheppar9 @jstonemclean , Rebecca Bobby & Eric Smith 🙌

Few stellar EM residents practicing #Pocus ! 🤓 @GillianSheppar9 @jstonemclean @MUNEmergencyMed

Older adults in the emergency department who are not admitted, but also too unsafe to discharge home (i.e., a ‘community emergency’ or ‘social admission’) suffer adverse events and have high mortality. We need to do better @GeriEM_Canada @CAEPConference @MUNEmergencyMed

Excited to share our work “The role of gender on the clinical practice of emergency medicine in Canada” at CAEP this year! @CAEP_WomenInEM @CAEPConference @Qemerg

@GillianSheppar9 competing for research funding from the CAEP EM Advancement Fund at this year’s Grizzly Den. The top three candidates present their research proposals to compete for $10,000. Go Dr. Sheppard! 💪@CAEPConference @CAEP_Docs @MUNMed @MUNEmergencyMed

The MUN USS-BERGs making a #POCUS Mama proud! See ya tomorrow, final round! #CAEP23 @MUNEmergencyMed @GillianSheppar9

Come and learn about Allyship in Emergency Medicine at #CAEP23. Find out how you can support your colleagues in Emergency Medicine!! @GillianSheppar9

Are emergency departments geriatric-friendly in Newfoundland and Labrador? Find out at @CAEPConference on Tues May 30, presentation by @elisethorburn representing our research group 💪 @geri_EM @theGEDC @MUNEmergencyMed @MUNMed @MUNFamMed