Sundays with SMACC: Sonowars 2014

SonoWars from Social Media and Critical Care on Vimeo. At the SMACC Gold conference last March in Australia, an epic Sonowars contest pitted the Northern Hemisphere against the Southern Hemisphere. Representing the North were Matt Dawson and Mike Mallin from the Ultrasound Podcast. Meeting the bell for the lands down under were James Rippey and Adrian Goudie from Ultrasound Village and The Sono Cave. The battle is both amusing and informative. The entire session lasts about 90 minutes. If time is limited, start watching at 56:00, where Dr. Rippey builds a heart out of clay to teach echocardiographic anatomy, and Dr. Mallin in turn rises to the challenge by creating a human heart (that is, a heart made of humans) to demonstrate acute right ventricular overload from a  massive pulmonary embolism. A reminder: SMACC Chicago is coming June 23-26. The program is bigger and better than ever, and will include a new Sonowars battle, this time on the Northern Hemisphere’s home court. This conference will be huge, bringing together physicians, nurses, pharmacists, prehospital specialists and others active in both critical care and FOAMed (Free Open Access Medical Education.) STUDENTS: Part 2 of the contest for free registration to SMACC Chicago is coming up in a few days. At exactly midnight (Chicago time CST) on February 24, 12 questions will be posted on the student page of the SMACC Chicago site. The top 3 fastest responses will win a student registration worth $350 US. Go...
Source: The Poison Review - Category: Toxicology Authors: Tags: Medical SMACC Chicago SMACC Gold sonowars Source Type: news