Journal Club, January 30, 2013

Emergency Thoracic Ultrasound in the Differentiation of the Etiology of Shortness of Breath (ETUDES): Sonographic B-lines and N-terminal Pro-brain-type Natriuretic Peptide in Diagnosing Congestive Heart Failure

Andrew S. Liteplo, MD, RDMS, Keith A. Marill, MD, Tomas Villen, MD, Robert M. Miller, MD, Alice F. Murray, MBChB, Peter E. Croft, BS, Roberta Capp, MD, and Vicki E. Noble, MD, RDMS

9:15am, Civic

PoCUS saves hockey icon's wife

Would YOU have made the diagnosis? This happened at a community hospital.

http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/1319889

Time to think about the future and get the skills we all will need. Anyone can learn this. Paul Pageau is teaching advanced cardiac at NCCEM. Or take an EDE2 course!