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October 2, 2023 • Emergency Ultrasound Section
Our first Clinical Ultrasound (CUS) Fellow was Dr. Cameron Baston in 2016. At the time, with over 120 EM ultrasound fellowships nationally, and lots of fantastic programs geographically close, filling...
The benefit of working at Highland is that there are a group of physicians who are block fanatics and always looking for ways to implement blocks into emergency care.
It has been an honor and privilege serving as ACEP EUS Chair over this past year. I have enjoyed learning with you all and advocating on behalf of our specialty.
The EUMC is usually held as a pre conference to the ACEP Scientific Assembly and originated from an ACEP section grant in 2003 to assist physicians tasked with the implementation and maintenance of ul...
My department really knew that they had missed the boat with ultrasound. It is a historic institution and a great leader in emergency medicine. As this wave of Emergency Ultrasound had taken hold acro...
The safety subcommittee has been hard at work over recent years with some remarkable accomplishments.
So, you’re planning your first ultrasound conference. We have been there. Whether it is for 20 or 2,000 people, we share six ways to make your ultrasound conference a standout learner-centered, inclus...
September 13, 2023 • Emergency Ultrasound Section
The ACEP Emergency Ultrasound Section Pediatric Subcommittee has developed a PEM POCUS Curriculum Toolkit. This toolkit features sample curricula, tools, literature and much more.
September 11, 2023 • Emergency Ultrasound Section
By Vivek S. Tayal, MD, FACEP and Jim Villareal, MD, FACEP The ECRI Institute, a nonprofit organization that evaluates health care technology, published a report of the “Top 10 Medical Technology Hazar...
July 25, 2023 • Emergency Ultrasound Section
This is an exciting time of year. Our new students, residents, and fellows have joined our programs, excited to expand their ultrasound knowledge and to experience that spark that drew us all to the f...
July 24, 2023
The Emergency Ultrasound Fellowship Accreditation Council is approaching their 3-year anniversary. In just three short years, 127 fellowships have been accredited in Advanced Emergency Ultrasound (AEM...
July 24, 2023 • Emergency Ultrasound Section
Meghan K. Herbst, MD, FACEP, University of Connecticut Questions posed by Stephen Alerhand, MD
July 23, 2023 • Emergency Ultrasound Section
Bret Nelson, MD, FACEP, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Questions posed by Stephen Alerhand, MD
Srikar Adhikari, MD, FACEP, University of Arizona Questions posed by Stephen Alerhand, MD
July 22, 2023 • Emergency Ultrasound Section
In the setting of an ongoing opioid epidemic, alternative modalities for pain management have become popular in the emergency department (ED).
July 21, 2023 • Emergency Ultrasound Section
The Probing the Literature National Journal Club is a joint endeavor between the ACEP Emergency Ultrasound Section and the SAEM Academy of Emergency Ultrasound and was created to fill a need in AEMUS ...
July 20, 2023 • Section
CPT modifiers are generally two additional alphanumeric characters that are added on to the initial CPT code to designate additional information or change the description of service to improve accurac...
July 19, 2023 • Section
The year passes by quickly. By the time you move to your new city, learn the EMR, and take a moment to breathe, it’s already time for the written boards.
July 18, 2023
The goal for the Global Subcommittee this year is to highlight our partners working in international settings and to learn how they are using POCUS to advance clinical care.
July 17, 2023
The mission of the ACEP emergency ultrasound section simulation subcommittee is to provide the ACEP, the ACEP Emergency Ultrasound Section, Clinical Ultrasound community, and Simulation community with...
June 13, 2023
To increase interaction with individual programs and help disseminate innovative ideas, we launched this unique segment at ACEP Emergency Ultrasound Management Course 2021. Below are the five chosen p...
April 27, 2023 • Emergency Ultrasound Section
Spring is beginning soon (and eventually the weather will catch up). This is the season of growth as we see flowers bloom and leaves growing on trees.
From March 7-11, 2022, the American Board of Emergency Medicine (ABEM) administered the first focused practice designation (FPD) examination in Advanced Emergency Medicine Ultrasonography (AEMUS). The...
The scope of cardiovascular ultrasound in Emergency Medicine (EM) has evolved considerably over the past few decades.
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How did we, a meager fellow education subcommittee, end up sifting through hundreds of papers every month? Well, let us tell you the story . . .
The fast and furious clinical expansion and ever-growing advanced training have firmly pushed the point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) research to the forefront of the academic program’s agenda. Identifyi...
J. Chris Fox MD, FACEP, University of California – Irvine Questions posed by Stephen Alerhand, MD
Michael Blaivas, MD, MBA, FACEP, University of South Carolina School of Medicine Questions posed by Stephen Alerhand, MD
April 26, 2023 • Emergency Ultrasound Section
The critical care subcommittee is excited for this upcoming year! We are very fortunate to bring on board Bob Stenberg as a new co-Chair. Lindsay Taylor will be supporting as an immediate past chair.
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