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Low-Cost, Low Fidelity Meat Model to Teach Ultrasound Guided Nerve Blocks
Audience: The target audience of this workshop is emergency medicine residents; however, it is appropriate for all level of learners from medical students to faculty.
Introduction: Pain control is a major focus in the emergency department. Regional anesthesia is a rapidly growing alternative to opioid analgesia or procedural sedation. Nerve blocks are useful in many procedures and are relevant to some of our most common chief complaints. Ultrasound guided regional anesthesia has been shown to be highly successful with minimal complications, and has been shown to reduce the need for supplemental anesthesia such as sedation and narcotics.1 Ultrasound guidance both decreases complications and increases success rate of nerve blocks.2 We provide a simple format for learning relatively safe and technically easy ultrasound guided nerve block techniques. Meat models provide realistic and superior tactilesensation, sono-anatomy, and injection resistance compared to homemade or commercial gel models. Meat and tendons for models are inexpensive and universally available.
Objectives: Upon completion of this workshop, learners will be able to: 1) Describe the risks and benefits of ultrasound guided nerve blocks. 2) Choose the appropriate nerve to block based on the area that needs anesthesia. 3) Display proficiency in performing an ultrasound guided nerve block on meat models. 4) Verbalize confidence in successfully performing ultrasound guided regional anesthesia. By successfullymeeting these objectives, we aim to improve learner confidence and clinical ability in performing ultrasound guided nerve blocks.
Methods: This module consists of a short introductory lecture followed by small group practicums. Learners will rotate through this workshop in groups of four. Each rotation will require about 30 minutes. The instructor will demonstrate appropriate technique for ultrasound guided nerve block using the prepared meat model. Learners will then practice the in-plane ultrasound guided nerve block techniqu
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Low-Cost, Low Fidelity Meat Model to Teach Ultrasound Guided Nerve Blocks
Holes in the FOAM: An Analysis of Curricular Comprehensiveness in Online Educational Resources
OBJECTIVES: We sought to evaluate Free Open Access Medical Education (FOAM), defined as online educational content available free to anyone, anywhere, at any time, by classifying the most impactful FOAM content per the Social Media Index into the topics and subtopics of the American Board of Emergency Medicineās Model of the Clinical Practice of Emergency Medicine. We then analyzed FOAMās comprehensiveness by describing overā and underrepresentation among these topics and subtopics. METHODS: First, we searched for FOAM resources based on the most recent 12Ā months of relevant content for each organ system from the top 50 Social Media Index sites. Next, we classified all 898 posts into its related topics or subtopics per the American Board of Emergency Medicineās Model of the Clinical Practice of Emergency Medicine. Finally, we analyzed how comprehensively FOAM covered each organ system and the frequency of posts that covered each organ system subtopic as well as identified the subtopics with the most frequent coverage. RESULTS: The search yielded 898 FOAM posts, of which cardiology and neurology were significantly overrepresented and psychobehavioral; obstetrics and gynecology; and head, ears, eyes, nose, and throat were significantly underrepresented. Among subtopics, acute coronary syndrome had the highest subtopic coverage consisting of 55.5% of all cardiology content. Other highly represented subtopics include renal colic; diabetic ketoacidosis; sepsis; and stroke with 39, 40, 40, and 71% of each of their topicās content, respectively. CONCLUSIONS: Although residents and programs are frequently incorporating FOAM into the educational curriculum, these materials seem to lack comprehensiveness. Educators and learners must be aware of these deficits in creating comprehensive emergency medicine curricula