A middle-aged male presented to the ED with 2 weeks history of increasing exertional dyspnea. Air entry was reduced clinically. A focused bedside ultrasound demonstrated the above findings. What artifact is missing?
As promised, here are selected references from today’s talk on Airway Management Mythology. Thanks to the organizers of the International Conference on Emergency Medicine (ICEM) for the invitation to speak. Some of the topics discusse…
Here are some key references from today’s lecture on Status Epilepticus at ICEM: FERNE’s seizure and status epilepticus management guide Key practice guidelines related to seizures: ACEP Clinical Policy: Critical Issues In The E…
Artifacts are ultrasound images on the screen that do not correspond exactly what is in the body. Artifacts can be useful in determining true anatomy: 1. The presence of some artifacts can help us to identify anatomy: e.g. “an aort…
Bret Nelson recently filmed a webinar on critical care ultrasound at Gulfcoast Ultrasound Institute in Florida. He discussed evaluation of the hypotensive patient, incorporating Scott Weingart’s RUSH exam as well as other literature o…
We are pleased to present our annual critical care ultrasound pre-conference course at the Clinical Decision Making in Emergency Medicine symposium in Ponte Vedra, Florida on June 23. Each year this intensive, hands on course features ultra…
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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…
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…
This month we looked at 2 articles on ultrasound guided regional anesthesia. To do so, Makini and I started from Elmhurst conference where she had presented the ultrasound case of the month on brachial artery peak velocity variation to pr…
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…
This month we reviewed two articles on ultrasound guidance for central access. The first of these was an instructive case series by Mike Blaivas — Video Analysis of Accidental Cannulation with Dynamic Ultrasound Guidance for Central…
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…
