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…
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…
What’s wrong with this picture? Hint: Ultrasound probes cost a little more than gel or TranSeptic spray
Bret Nelson returned to Singapore this month to join the faculty for a WINFOCUS introductory ultrasound course. Over fifty registrants from all over Singapore were in attendance, representing emergency medicine, critical care, surgery, inte…
ultrasound gel versus defibrillator gel
Featuring a bold new cover design, the Russian language translation of the Manual of Emergency and Critical Care Ultrasound is now available! This book marks the third language for the Manual, which was first published by Cambridge Universi…
We are very pleased to announce that Dr. Jim Tsung has joined the Mount Sinai faculty and ultrasound division! Dr. Tsung is a recognized leader in pediatric emergency ultrasound. He has lectured and given workshops on point-of-care pediatri…
HMS US CME Faculty 2009Each fall, the Massachusetts General Hospital Emergency Department hosts their annual Bedside Ultrasound CME course. Mount Sinai’s own Bret Nelson joined an international faculty for this year’s offering.
The American Academy of Emergency Medicine will host its 16th annual scientific assembly from February 15-17 in Las Vegas at Caesars Palace. An innovative pre-conference course on emergency ultrasound will be held on February 14th. If you…
An illustrated summary of how to hold an ultrasound probe for comfort and optimal scanning.
In 2006, Senator William Frist introduced legislation to recognize October 15 as Emergency Ultrasound Day. While well-known traditions exist for Thanksgiving, Halloween, and Talk Like a Pirate Day, there is no consensus on how best to cel…
