VanPOCUS - High Quality Ultrasound Education
VanPOCUS is a group of Vancouver-based ultrasound experts who are dedicated to providing high quality point of care ultrasound education at all levels of training and practice. From full year fellowships to single day conferences, VanPOCUS provides learning opportunities across a range of specialties and disciplines.
News - July 23, 2021
Former fellow Véronique Dion published her first 1st-author study in the American Journal of Emergency Medicine. We performed a prospective observational study of 20 PEM physicians examining 71 children aged 4 to 10 years old. We compared the PEM physician’s identification of the distal fibular physis based on physical exam compared to the position of the distal fibular physis on ultrasound (the criterion standard). Their ability to identify the distal fibular physis by physical exam was poor - only 34%. This should call into question the diagnosis of Salter-Harris type 1 fractures.
News - July 1, 2021
VanPOCUS’s Dan Kim is the new chair of the Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians (CAEP) Emergency Ultrasound Committee (EUC). The CAEP EUC aims to promote emergency POCUS in Canada, especially in the domains of education, clinical practice, and research. To learn more, check out the CAEP EUC website If you want to connect with us, email us at caepeuc@gmail.com or communicate with us via Twitter @CAEP_EUC.
News - June 29, 2021
The UBC POCUS Fellowship wrapped up the academic year in style with some competitive 5-pin bowling. Zafrina Poonja is sticking around Vancouver and will take on a position as VGH ED ultrasound co-director. Abdullah Hammad is going back to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Jason Freder is returning to Montreal to work at St. Mary’s Hospital and has taken on a POCUS medical student education position at McGill. And David Smith is moving to Victoria. Wishing our fellows all the best with their future endeavors!
News - May 18, 2021
Vancouver POCUS21 is now on demand! Did you miss the conference and miss out on registration? You now have the opportunity to purchase Vancouver POCUS21 On Demand here.
News - May 14, 2021
EM:RAP’s Emergency Medical Abstracts reviewed our cricothyroid membrane landmarking paper in their most recent May 2021 issue. Despite the reviewer’s concerns about the limitations of the study (single center, patients did not need airway management), they liked the take home point that the position of the cricothyroid membrane moves with a change in the patient’s position.
News - May 9, 2021
We had an amazing Virtual Vancouver POCUS21 Symposium yesterday morning. The “king of puns” Ross Prager did a phenomenal job of moderating, and we had fantastic talks from all our speakers. Thank you to everyone who joined us, and if you registered but were unable to join us live yesterday morning, the videos will be made available to you shortly. If you missed out all together, here’s a brief review of the "Top 10 POCUS Papers of 2020” talk.