Calgary FMC Elective Info
EPA Form
Welcome to the 1-month Calgary FMC IM POCUS elective!
Rotation Objectives: Objectives
Elective Schedule: Schedule
POCUS EPA: FMC EPA or use QR code above
Minimal Criteria: Minimal Criteria Document
Teaching Topic Requests: Running Teaching Topic List
Perfect Para Checklist: Perfect Para Checklist
Ultrasound Image Wish List: FMC Ultrasound Wish List
Bedside POCUS Notes Form: Bedside Notes Template
QA forms: QA forms
Out of Town Elective Learners:
Health Sciences Centre (UCMC Areas 2-3, Clara Christie Theatre, G820): HSC Map
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PLEURAL EFFUSION RESEARCH (Jan 2024 - present): Consent form
Minimum 100 cc pleural fluid, no maximum; any container will do. Do not label specimen with patient labels.
Please leave signed consent form with specimen in a bag with the unit clerk and message both Swathi Purighalla and Dr. Christina Thornton on connect care for them to arrange for pick-up.
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Mandatory Reading:
US Basics. Ma IWY, Chun R, Kirkpatrick AW. Basics of Ultrasound. In: Ferrada P, editor. Ultasonography in the ICU. Practical Applications. New York: Spring; 2015. pp.1-36.
Lung Consensus. Volpicelli G et al. 2012 Intensive Care Med: Lung Consensus
Suggested Reading:
Noble VE and Nelson BP. Manual of Emergency and Critical Care Ultrasound, 2nd Ed. New York: Cambridge University Press; 2011.
Soni N, Arntfield R, Kory P. Point of Care Ultrasound, 2nd Ed. Elsevier; 2019
