Wow. Really interesting article from Science Daily. This beats the GE VScan. Looks like it works with Microsoft Windows on smartphones, so not ready for iPhone…yet.
Thanks to Tatiana for an expertly presented ultrasound case of the month. She was kind enough to put together this summary. 43y.o. F with pmh of asthma, HTN, recently treated for PNA p/w worsening dyspnea, pleuritic chest pain, cough…
ACEP and SAEM are now united in their support of the revision of ultrasound guidelines published by ACEP in 2008. See Dr. Moak’s comments below: I am pleased to announce that the SAEM Board of Directors has endorsed the 2008 ACEP Ul…
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Finally- a little recognition! We were named one of the top 50 continuing medical education blogs by Nurse E.D.U. Although there is no mention that they were listed in any particular order, we will consider ourselves in the top 20 of that l…
The ultrasound division is proud to welcome two research scholars: Dr. Hong Chuen Toh and Dr. Shiang-Hu Ang. Dr Hong Chuen Toh is an Associate Consultant from the Department of Emergency Medicine, Alexandra Hospital, Singapore. He obtained…
Thoracic ultrasound is one of the hottest topics in emergency and critical care sononography. Assessment for pneumothorax is accurate and relatively easy to learn. One important sign when assessing for pneumothorax is the lung point. This i…
Another beautiful sunny day. Although some people left for early flights back home, there was still some life left in the conference on Saturday. Notable events included: Sinai’s own Henrietta Rosenberg, MD, hosting a meet-the-profess…
Another great day for the Emergency and Critical Care track. 8:15 head and neck US 9:45 Emergency and Critical Care Community of Practice meeting Michael Blaivas was at the helm as the new Chair of the EM/CC community of practice. Bret Nels…
Thursday was a great day for the EM/Crit Care track. Not sure what happened in the AM – I was on a plane – not on a boat – on a plane! The hands-on vascular access course was held in the afternoon. The opening lecture co…
As the ultrasound fellow, I have the privilege of scanning with the ultrasound faculty, all of our residents and all of our non-ultrasound faculty. It is so refreshing to have such a variety to work with. At times, the non-ultrasound fa…
Michael Blaivas organized an exciting preconference course on evaluation of the acutely decompensating patient. Bret Nelson (speaking about vascular catastrophes) and Jim Tsung (describing the nuances of this evaluation in the pediatric p…
Lots going on at this year’s AIUM conference. Sailing into San Diego harbor (chaperoned by the US Navy!), Bret Nelson and Jim Tsung speaking at Michael Blaivas’ pre-conference course, Phil Andrus selected as AIUM’s social…
Our annual Emergency and Critical Care Ultrasound CME course was a great success! Special thanks to our faculty: Phil Andrus, Danny Duque, Bret Nelson, Joe Novik, Jim Tsung, Scott Weingart, as well as Shefali Trivedi and Kanika Gupta. More…
Handout The trauma handout is available as a PDF here. References FAST/eFAST Heron MP, Hoyert DL, Murphy SL, Xu JQ, Kochanek KD, Tejada-Vera B. Deaths: Final data for 2006. National vital statistics reports; vol 57 no 14. Hyattsville, MD: N…
