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July 14, 2021
Over the last decade handheld ultrasound units have become increasingly portable, affordable, and capable of producing images comparable to larger cart-based machines.
Placement of an ultrasound-guided peripheral intravenous line (USPIV) has become an essential skill for any emergency physician.
July 14, 2021 • Section
One of the biggest hurdles when implementing a system for point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) within your emergency department or clinical practice is understanding the necessary pieces of the puzzle to ...
An 18-year-old male was brought in by EMS with a penetrating stab wound to his left buttock from an unknown weapon. Blood was oozing from the stab wound entry site, but he was hemodynamically stable.
Whether you are in a pre-hospital setting or working in an austere environment without access to advanced imaging modalities and testing, ultrasound can help you care for your patients.
From the Medical Student Education Subcommittee of the ACEP Emergency Ultrasound Section.
Summer is here! COVID rates are diminishing. Places are opening up. People are slowly out and about.
April 2, 2021
Over the last several decades, competency-based medical education has largely replaced the traditional models of time-based, teacher-centered education. In alignment with this transition, the Accredit...
EUS Section Sonoguide Subcommittee Case A 4- year-old girl comes in with her parents for evaluation of acute left arm pain after a fall from monkey bars. She has her left arm held in a fixed and adduc...
Shoulder pain is a common complaint in the emergency department (ED). Roughly, it is estimated to encompass about 14.7 cases per 1000 patients annually.
Ultrasound-guided nerve blocks are an important tool for treating pain due to orthopedic injury in the emergency department (ED).
Intussusception is the most common cause of intestinal obstruction in children less than 2 years of age.
Each year the ACEP Industry Roundtable leadership seeks to engage industry vendors to improve their products (hardware, software, service).
A 70-year-old male presents to the emergency department after an episode of near syncope.
Happy 2021! We made it! It was great to virtually meet with you at the historic ACEP20 Virtual Scientific Assembly in October. Congrats to Dr. Nova Panebianco on her achievements and productivity as t...
September 30, 2020
Ultrasound and global health seem married in many ways. Given limited access to imagining modalities in most low-resource settings, combined with growing expertise in Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS) ...
Critical Care Subcommittee Case Presentation A 60-year-old man presented to the emergency department (ED) from a nursing facility in acute respiratory distress. He had a recent inferior wall myocardia...
A 23-year-old female with a history of ovarian cysts presents to the emergency department with abdominal pain.
Imagine guiding a novice physician in another hospital to accurately acquire and interpret a point-of-care ultrasound exam.
The Institute of Medicine estimated that 17 years are required to pass before 14% of effective interventions reach the bedside.
This likely my last Chair’s Corner before turning over the reins to the uber-competent, experienced and engaged Dr. Penelope (Penny) Lema.
June 12, 2020
See the evolution!
As emergency physicians, we have all seen this time and time again: a febrile and tachycardic patient arrives to the ED, gets flagged as “sepsis,” and a bolus of 30 mL/kg of normal saline is ordered i...
Increasing numbers of PAs and NPs are learning and incorporating Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) into their clinical practice.
With the spread of the novel coronavirus across the globe, physicians around the world are uniting to work together to try to combat this pandemic.
Capacitive micromachined ultrasound transducers (CMUTs) are micro-electromechanical systems that convert electrical energy into sound waves.
In 2004, a modern-day military telemedicine platform was created to provide an asynchronous consultation service to support the medical units deployed during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
ACEP Ultrasound Sonoguide Subcommittee For the past three months, there have been almost daily publications and expert opinion pieces on various aspects of COVID-19. One particular feature causing muc...
Currently the world is facing a pandemic due to the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, the cause of COVID-19.
Hello ACEP Ultrasound Section Members The last time I wrote the “Chairs Corner” was back in February and the word “Covid” did not appear in it once. It’s shocking how our worlds could be so different ...
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