A couple very brief tips from Sinai Ultrasound QA today. Views: For each indication a specified set of views are required.  Please be sure to obtain all of the required views if you are recording the study – whether for clinical or educational documentation. Full ultrasound tutorials covering these studies can be found at sinaiem.us/tutorials. […]

Data from the TRUST (Thoracic Rapid Ultrasound in Trauma) study was presented at the fifth EM Congress in Valencia, Spain on 9/17/2009. The project was selected as one of the top 50 abstracts at the conference. Special thanks to Danny Duque, Vicki Noble, and Betty Chang, our co-investigators on the study.

The Ultrasound Division welcomed our new emergency medicine interns with a full-day ultrasound orientation on July 14, 2009. Sujin Chung, Danny Duque, Bret Nelson and Ultrasound Specialty Track seniors Shefali Trivedi and Alan Huang provided instruction in basic and advanced ultrasound techniques.

Here’s a review from medGadget! The Manual of Emergency and Critical Care Ultrasound is available from Cambridge University Press and major booksellers. The book details evidence-based protocols for the use of bedside ultrasound in the acute and critical care setting, as well as step-by-step guides for using ultrasound in procedures. It is ideally suited for […]

March 8, 2010:  the Emergency and Critical Care Ultrasound course returns to The Mount Sinai School of Medicine. Mark your calendars now.   This year we expect to improve on the success of last years program and deliver lectures of the high quality you received last year to a larger audience. Stay tuned!