Emergency Ultrasound Newsroom

October 21, 2024 • Emergency Ultrasound Section

Tips and Tricks for an Ultrasound Teaching Engagement or Lecture

Being invited to lecture or teach at another institution is both a great compliment and a great opportunity.

October 21, 2024 • Emergency Ultrasound Section

Phantom Recipe Cookbook

A series of easy-to-follow phantom recipes.

October 21, 2024 • Emergency Ultrasound Section

Ultrasound Guided Suprapatellar Recess Injection for Knee Pain in the Emergency Department

Knee pain is a common presentation in the emergency department (ED), often requiring prompt pain management to alleviate discomfort and facilitate disposition.

October 21, 2024 • Emergency Ultrasound Section

Needles, Nerves, and Numbers: A Guide to Ultrasound-Guided Regional Anesthesia (UGRA) Billing in the ED

In the fast-paced world of emergency medicine, nerve blocks have become indispensable for providing rapid pain relief to patients with a myriad of conditions, ranging from fractures to acute migraines...

October 21, 2024 • Emergency Ultrasound Section

ACEP EUS Coding and Reimbursement Subcommittee Update

The ACEP EUS reimbursement Coding and Reimbursement is hard at work. We are always open to reimbursement related questions and we update our FAQ based on questions we get.

October 18, 2024 • Emergency Ultrasound Section

The Perils of Abandoning the Pediatric FAST Exam

In recent years, the pediatric focused assessment with sonography in trauma (FAST) exam has come under scrutiny.

October 17, 2024 • Emergency Ultrasound Section

PEM Pocket Card: Intussusception

Intussusception is a medical emergency in which one part of the intestine invaginates into a more distal part of the intestine, causing an intestinal obstruction. In severe cases, this can lead to bow...

October 16, 2024 • Emergency Ultrasound Section

Acute Mitral Regurgitation in the Emergency Department

A 56-year-old female with history of hyperlipidemia, mild mitral regurgitation, and type 2 diabetes presents to the emergency department for 5 days of diffuse chest pain with dyspnea, lower extremity ...

October 16, 2024 • Emergency Ultrasound Section

TEE and Area of Maximal Compression

Charge nurse announces, “Cardiac arrest, 5 minutes out.” Team assembles. The patient is a male in his 60’s with multiple comorbidities that had a witnessed arrest in front of spouse.

October 15, 2024 • Emergency Ultrasound Section

Establishing a Hybrid Point of Care Ultrasound Program at the University Teaching Hospital of Kigali

Point-of-care Ultrasound (POCUS) stands out as a versatile, readily accessible, and highly accurate diagnostic tool in emergency medicine.

October 15, 2024 • Emergency Ultrasound Section

Developing an Obstetric POCUS course for North Africa and the Middle East

It is estimated that emergency medical diseases account for 50% of all global mortality, and that the burden of emergency diseases is 4.4 times higher in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs) compa...

October 15, 2024 • Emergency Ultrasound Section

Bridging distances with tele-ultrasound: a potential solution to scaling up use of point-of-care ultrasound within emergency care settings

Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) has become an essential competency for emergency care providers, particularly those working in resource-constrained settings where timely access to laboratory and diag...

October 15, 2024 • Emergency Ultrasound Section

Chair's Letter

With this being my last Chair Letter, I want to thank Mike Gottlieb, Sam Lam, Steve Alerhand, Laura Oh, Heidi Knowles, Ami Kurzweil, Gregg Helland, and Julie Rispoli for their support and collaboratio...

October 7, 2024 • Emergency Ultrasound Section

POCUS 2-Minute Video Challenge 2024

We invited our POCUS community to create a 2-minute video teaching the audience something about POCUS...but this time with a VEGAS theme of their choosing. This was open to students, residents, fellow...