Ultrasound during cardiac arrest has quickly become standard. Initially, data suggested that the use of ultrasound during arrest increased pauses between compressions which worsens outcomes. To decrease time between compressions, many proto…
The PENG block is an effective, easy and safe way to provide analgesia to acute traumatic hip injuries
Step by step guide to build your own homemade ultrasound gelatin model for IV access. It’s simple, cheap and fast!
Ultrasound probe movements, the quest of the good vein, out-of-plane technique and in-plane technique of the ultrasound-guided intravenous line
Central Line Week TR Pearl Series (all three pearls combined for this post) by Ryan LeBuhn, PGY-3 Informed Consent I once described the risks of a procedure so thoroughly that the patient no longer wanted the procedure, though avoiding the…
It is now the standard of care to perform focused assessment using sonography for trauma (FAST) early in the evaluation of a sick trauma patient. Historically, there has been far less urgency to use ultrasound to evaluate the medical patien…
Perhaps never explained so clearly, Cisewki and Alerhand’s article on EPSS is a wonderful read. Bottom line to remember: EPSS > 7 mm was 87% sensitive and 75% specific at identifying reduced EF (<50%). This is the cutoff genera…
