Emergency Ultrasound Committee

Supporting emergency ultrasound education, research and clinical integration.

CAEP POCUS Guidelines

POCUS INFECTION GUIDELINES

USE OF POCUS POSITION STATEMENT

MINIMUM ARCHIVING REQUIREMENTS

ULTRASOUND CURRICULUM POSITION STATEMENT

Objectives

The objectives of this committee are to:

Promote emergency PoCUS education for practicing physicians, residents, and medical students.
Promote and foster collaboration in emergency PoCUS research
Assist in the development of Emergency PoCUS competency assessment tools and pathways for ongoing
commence maintenance
Provide a networking forum for CAEP members interested in emergency PoCUS
Collaborate with other PoCUS groups, both nationally and internationally

Terms of Reference

Gillian Sheppard
MD CCFP

Chair

St. John's, NL

Colin Bell
MD FRCPC

Clinical Lead

Calgary, AB

Talia Brennan
MD CCFP(EM)

Communications Lead

Montreal, QC

Kevin Fairbairn
MD CCFP(EM)

Rural Co-Lead

Nelson, BC

Christine Hanna
MD CCFP(EM)

Member at Large

Kingston, ON

Paul Pageau
MD CCFP(EM)

Member at Large

Ottawa, ON

Jasmine Lam
MD

Resident Member

Victoria, BC

Dan Kim
MD CCFP

Past Chair

Vancouver, BC

Maya Harel-Sterling
MD FRCPC

Education Lead

Toronto, ON

Kate Fathi
MD FRCPC

Pediatric Co-Lead

Vancouver, BC

Rafiq Andani
MD CCFP(EM)

Member at Large

Winnipeg, MB

Tom Jelic
MD FRCPC

Member at Large

Winnipeg, MB

Brandon Ritcey
MD FRCPC

Member at Large

Ottawa, ON

Marjorie Lapierre
MD

Resident Member

Ottawa, ON

Carlyn Gardner
MD CCFP(EM)

POCUS Games Lead

Saskatoon, SK

Rajiv Thavanathan
MD FRCPC

Research Lead

Ottawa, ON

Lianne McLean
MD FRCPC

Pediatric Co-Lead

Toronto, ON

Alice Chan
MD CCFP(EM)

Member at Large

Toronto, ON

Kevin Lobay
MD FRCPC

Member at Large

Edmonton, AB

Margo Wilson
MD CCFP(EM)

Member at Large

St. John's, NL

Sam Wilson
MD

Resident Member

Ottawa, ON

CAEP24 Newsletter

EUC Newsletter

From the desk of the EUC Chair
Conference POCUS Guide

EUC Newsletter

POCUS-Related Events
CAEP24 POCUS Abstracts

EUC Newsletter

POCUS-Related Events
A case of a pediatric limp
A primer on the primer series
Recent Canadian POCUS Abstracts

EUC Newsletter

A Case of a Blue Limb
POCUS and Archiving
Upcoming POCUS Events
Recent Canadian POCUS Research

EUC Newsletter

POCUS-Related Events
POCUS Games Information
Canadian POCUS Abstracts

Advocacy

Bell C, Olszynski P, Kim DJ. Canadian POCUS Snapshot 2024: a picture of limited resources and untapped potential. CJEM. 2025 Feb; 27(2):151-152. doi: 10.1007/s43678-024-00814-0.

Bell C, Newbigging J, Sheppard G, Aspler A, Kim DJ. A primer for clinical POCUS leadership in your emergency department. CJEM. 2023 Apr;25(4):266-268. doi: 10.1007/s43678-023-00450-0.

Olszynski P. Kim D, Liu R, Arntfield R. A Multidisciplinary Response to the Canadian Association of Radiologists’ Point-of Care Ultrasound Position Statement. Canadian Association of Radiologists’ Journal. 2020 Jan; 71(2):1-2. doi: 10.1177/0846537119898004.

Olszynski P, Heslop C, Atkinson P, Lewis D, Kim DJ, Pham C, Ritcey B. Ultrasound at the point of care – Grown up and moving out! CJEM. 2020;22(1):1-2. doi: 10.1017/cem.2019.448.

Research

McLean, L., Seguin, J., Olszynski, P., Kim, D.J.. Just the facts: Resuscitative point-of-care ultrasound in pediatrics. CJEM. 2025. doi: 10.1007/s43678-025-00954-x.

Andani R, Jacques Q, Yi Y, Jelic T, Micks T, Bradbury-Squires D, Stone-McLean J, Parsons M, Sheppard G. Rural Canadian emergency physicians experiences using point-of-care ultrasound. CJEM. 2025 Mar;27(3):191-197. doi: 10.1007/s43678-024-00829-7.

Kim DJ, Olszynski P, Smith DJW, Lalande E, Woo MY. Point of care ultrasound training in Canadian emergency medicine residency programs. CJEM. 2022 Apr;24(3):329-334. doi: 10.1007/s43678-022-00269-1.

Literature Primer Series:

Kim DJ, Jelic T, Heslop CL, Newbigging J, Skitch S, Burwash-Brennan T, Sheppard G, Chenkin J, Thavanathan R, Bell CR, Atkinson P, Lewis D, Myslik F, Lalande E, Olszynski P. POCUS literature primer: key papers on aorta and deep vein thrombosis POCUS. CJEM. 2025 Apr;27(4):294-304. doi: 10.1007/s43678-025-00865-x.

Kim DJ, Sheppard G, Lewis D, Buchanan IM, Jelic T, Thavanathan R, Myslik F, Lalande E, Bell CR, Chenkin J, Heslop CL, Olszynski P, Atkinson P, Burwash-Brennan T. POCUS literature primer: key papers on cardiac and lung POCUS. CJEM. 2024 Aug 26. doi: 10.1007/s43678-024-00755-8.

Kim DJ, Atkinson P, Sheppard G, Chenkin J, Thavanathan R, Lewis D, Bell CR, Jelic T, Lalande E, Buchanan IM, Heslop CL, Burwash-Brennan T, Myslik F, Olszynski P. POCUS literature primer: key papers on POCUS in cardiac arrest and shock. CJEM. 2024 Jan;26(1):15-22. doi: 10.1007/s43678-023-00611-1.

Kim DJ, Bell CR, Jelic T, Thavanathan R, Heslop CL, Myslik F, Lewis D, Atkinson P, Chenkin J, Buchanan IM, Olszynski P, Sheppard G, Burwash-Brennan T, Lalande E. Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) Literature Primer: Key Papers on Renal and Biliary POCUS. Cureus. 2023 Apr 8;15(4):e37294. doi: 10.7759/cureus.37294.

Kim DJ, Bell C, Jelic T, Sheppard G, Robichaud L, Burwash-Brennan T, Chenkin J, Lalande E, Buchanan I, Atkinson P, Thavanathan R, Heslop C, Myslik F, Lewis D. Point of Care Ultrasound Literature Primer: Key Papers on Focused Assessment With Sonography in Trauma (FAST) and Extended FAST. Cureus. 2022 Oct 6;14(10):e30001. doi: 10.7759/cureus.30001.