GEMC:Ultrasonography in Emergency Medicine

General

This the main page for the Global Emergency Medicine Curriculum Project's Ultrasonography in Emergency Medicine section. For point of care treatment information see the respective category page and non-GEMC notes.

Overview and Physics of Ultrasound

Book Chapters - May Not Be Open Access

Rosen’s Emergency Medicine: Concepts and Clinical Practice, 7th ed.

• Chapter 197: Emergency Ultrasound

Tintinalli’s Emergency Medicine, 7th ed.

• Chapter e299.4. Emergency Ultrasonography

Emergency Ultrasound. John O. Ma, James R. Mateer, and Michael Blaivas. McGraw-Hill, 2008.

• Chapter 3: Physics and Image Artifacts

Open Access Journal Articles

• Hwang, James Q., et al. An evidence-based approach to emergency ultrasound. Emergency medicine practice (2011): 2. ../docss/emergenciasanexo1.pdf
• Aldrich, John E. Basic physics of ultrasound imaging. Critical care medicine 35.5 (2007): S131-S137. http://frankshospitalworkshop.com/equipment/documents/ultrasonographs/background/Basic%20Physics%20of%20Ultrasound%20Imaging..pdf

Blogs & Websites

• ACEP Ultrasound Resources http://www.acep.org/content.aspx?id=32182
• Academy of Emergency Ultrasound (AEUS) http://community.saem.org/communities/community-home?CommunityKey=13f1ecb4-4d12-4802-a1c1-81f784318fc3
• IFEM Point-of-Care Ultrasound Curriculum ../docss/IFEM-Point-of-Care-Ultrasound-Curriculum-Guidelines-2014.pdf
• American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine http://www.aium.org/
• Emergency Ultrasound Teaching.com http://www.emergencyultrasoundteaching.com/
• Hennepin County Medical Center ED http://hqmeded.com/category/ultrasound/
• NYU EM Ultrasound http://www.nyuemsono.com/
• St. Luke's Roosevelt Ultrasound Division http://www.slredultrasound.com/
• Ultrasound Elective Manual http://www.slideshare.net/Jared56/ultrasound-elective-manual?from_search=3
• Partners In Health: Manual of Ultrasound for Resource-Limited Settings http://www.slideshare.net/pretcat2002/manual-ultrasound
• Raúl Alejandro Núñez Torres and Darryl (Darío) Joseph Macias: Ultrasonido en Urgencias (Spanish) http://bit.ly/1sHl1Rb
• Beatrice Hoffmann: Introduction http://www.sonoguide.com/introduction.html
• Beatrice Hoffman, C. Heather Rumsey and Matthew S. Nixon: Ultrasound Physics http://www.sonoguide.com/physics.html
• Vimeo Ultrasound in Emergency Medicine & Critical Care: https://vimeo.com/groups/ultrasound
• ACEP Ultrasound Question Bank: http://www.emsono.com/acep/exam.html
• Critical Care Ultrasonography Forum: http://www.critcaresono.com/page.php?page=19
• EMCrit: http://emcrit.org/
• SonoSpot: http://sonospot.com/
• Ultrasound Village http://www.ultrasoundvillage.com/
• 5 Minute Sono http://5minsono.com/
• Sinai EM Ultrasound http://sinaiem.us/
• Sonoworld https://www.sonoworld.com/
• Ultrasound of the Week http://www.ultrasoundoftheweek.com/

Slide Sets

• Mary Ann Edens: Emergency Ultrasound http://bit.ly/ZjhgVf
• Alexis Palley: Ultrasound Physics http://slideplayer.com/slide/4563743/
• Philip Ng and Mark Ault Use of Ultrasound for Bedside Examinations and Common Procedures http://www.powershow.com/view1/24ba70-ZDc1Z/Use_of_Ultrasound_for_Bedside_Examinations_and_Common_Procedures_powerpoint_ppt_presentation

Podcasts

• Matt Dawson, Mike Mallin, Mike Stone Ultrasound Podcast http://www.ultrasoundpodcast.com/
• Chris Fox When Ultrasound Really Makes a Difference http://wp.me/pR3VZ-2qD
• Peter Vicciellio Head-to-Toe Diagnosis with Ultrasound http://freeemergencytalks.net/2013/11/peter-vicciellio-head-to-toe-diagnosis-with-ultrasound/

Videos

• Geoff Hayden Ultrasound Physics and Knobology http://vimeo.com/8729769 (18min)
• Resa Lewiss: Ultrasound Physics and Machinery http://vimeo.com/94786374

eFAST

Extended Focused Assessment for Sonography in Trauma

Book Chapters - May Not Be Open Access

Emergency Ultrasound. John O. Ma, James R. Mateer, and Michael Blaivas. McGraw-Hill, 2008.

• Chapter 5: Trauma

Open Access Journal Articles

• Tsui, Chi Leung, Hin Tat Fung, Kin Lai Chung, and Chak Wah Kam. Focused abdominal sonography for trauma in the emergency department for blunt abdominal trauma. International journal of emergency medicine 1, no. 3 (2008): 183-187. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12245-008-0050-2
• Lee, Brett C., Eleanor L. Ormsby, John P. McGahan, Giselle M. Melendres, and John R. Richards. The utility of sonography for the triage of blunt abdominal trauma patients to exploratory laparotomy. American journal of roentgenology 188, no. 2 (2007): 415-421.[http://bit.ly/YAKWvK
• Melniker, Lawrence A., Evan Leibner, Mark G. McKenney, Peter Lopez, William M. Briggs, and Carol A. Mancuso. Randomized controlled clinical trial of point-of-care, limited ultrasonography for trauma in the emergency department: the first sonography outcomes assessment program trial. Annals of emergency medicine 48, no. 3 (2006): 227-235. ../docss/551406c80cf283ee0834a024.pdf
• Salen, Philip N., Scott W. Melanson, and Michael B. Heller. The focused abdominal sonography for trauma (FAST) examination: considerations and recommendations for training physicians in the use of a new clinical tool. Academic Emergency Medicine 7, no. 2 (2000): 162-168. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1553-2712.2000.tb00521.x/pdf
• Ingeman, Jeffrey E., Michael C. Plewa, Robert E. Okasinski, Randall W. King, and F. Barry Knotts. Emergency physician use of ultrasonography in blunt abdominal trauma. Academic Emergency Medicine 3, no. 10 (1996): 931-937. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1553-2712.1996.tb03322.x/pdf

Blogs & Websites

• Robert Reardon: eFAST http://www.sonoguide.com/FAST.html
• Mount Sinai Emergency Medicine Ultrasound: FAST http://sinaiem.us/tutorials/fast

Slide Sets

• Petra Duran-Gehring: Ultrasound in Trauma http://www.slideshare.net/pegehring/fast?from_search=1
• Fahad Khan: Emergency Ultrasound in Trauma http://bit.ly/1u5knLQ
• Anthony J. Weekes, Janet G. Alteveer, and Sarah Stahmer Emergency Ultrasound in Trauma http://www.powershow.com/view2b/571549-NWZjY/Emergency_Ultrasound_in_Trauma_powerpoint_ppt_presentation

Podcasts

• B.M. Terry: FAST as Predictor of Clinical Outcome in Blunt Abdominal Trauma http://freeemergencytalks.net/2010/06/bm-terry-fast-as-predictor-of-clinical-outcome-in-blunt-abdominal-trauma-slides-and-sound/
• Matt Dawson, Mike Mallin and Jacob Avila: Airway & Breathing Ultrasound in Trauma http://www.ultrasoundpodcast.com/2016/07/airway-breathing-ultrasound-trauma-ultrasoundmd-foamed/

Videos

• Beth Cadigan: The E-FAST Exam http://vimeo.com/34118863 (20min)
• Geoff Hayden: FAST https://vimeo.com/99556186
• Geoff Hayden: eFAST https://vimeo.com/8732231
• Phillip Perera: Trauma FAST: Right Upper Quadrant http://cmedownload.com/lecture/trauma-fastright-upper-quadrant (22min)
• Phillip Perera: Trauma FAST: Left Upper Quadrant http://cmedownload.com/lecture/trauma-fastleft-upper-quadrant (13min)
• Phillip Perera: Trauma FAST: Suprapubic View http://cmedownload.com/lecture/trauma-fastsuprabubic-view

Cardiac

Book Chapters - May Not Be Open Access

Emergency Ultrasound. John O. Ma, James R. Mateer, and Michael Blaivas. McGraw-Hill, 2008.

• Chapter 6: Cardiac

Open Access Journal Articles

• Blyth, Lacey, et al. Bedside Focused Echocardiography as Predictor of Survival in Cardiac Arrest Patients: A Systematic Review. Academic Emergency Medicine 19.10 (2012): 1119-1126. ../docss/Cardiac_2012_Blyth_AEM.pdf
• Price, Susanna, Shahana Uddin, and Tom Quinn. Echocardiography in cardiac arrest. Current opinion in critical care 16.3 (2010): 211-215. http://xa.yimg.com/kq/groups/16659740/1325415243/name/Echocardiography+in+cardiac+arrest.pdf
• Beaulieu, Yanick. Bedside echocardiography in the assessment of the critically ill. Critical care medicine 35.5 (2007): S235-S249. http://www.rchemerg.com/content/download/17557/215757/file/Echo%20in%20Critically%20Ill%20(Beaulieu%20-%20Crit%20Care%20Med%202007).pdf
• Breitkreutz, Raoul, Felix Walcher, and Florian H. Seeger. Focused echocardiographic evaluation in resuscitation management: concept of an advanced life support-conformed algorithm. Critical care medicine 35.5 (2007): S150-S161. http://www.finest-online.org/files/Breitkreutz_et_al._CCM_2007.pdf
• Randazzo, Marco R., et al. Accuracy of emergency physician assessment of left ventricular ejection fraction and central venous pressure using echocardiography. Academic Emergency Medicine 10.9 (2003): 973-977. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1197/S1069-6563%2803%2900317-8/pdf
• Moore, Christopher L., et al. Determination of left ventricular function by emergency physician echocardiography of hypotensive patients. Academic Emergency Medicine 9.3 (2002): 186-193. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1197/aemj.9.3.186/pdf
• Blaivas, Michael, and John Christian Fox. Outcome in cardiac arrest patients found to have cardiac standstill on the bedside emergency department echocardiogram. Academic Emergency Medicine 8.6 (2001): 616-621. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1553-2712.2001.tb00174.x/pdf
• Mandavia, D. P., et al. Bedside echocardiography by emergency physicians. Annals of emergency medicine 38.4 (2001): 377. ../docss/Mondavia_2001_PE_accuracy_by_EPs.pdf

Blogs & Websites

• David P. Bahner Cardiac http://www.sonoguide.com/cardiac.html
• Mount Sinai Emergency Medicine Ultrasound Cardiac http://sinaiem.us/tutorials/cardiac
• ACEP Now Bedside Ultrasound Assessment of Left Ventricular Function http://www.acepnow.com/article/bedside-ultrasound-assessment-left-ventricular-function/
• Critical ECHO http://www.criticalecho.com/
• Virtual TEE http://pie.med.utoronto.ca/TEE/

Slide Sets

• Phillip D. Levy: Emergency Cardiac Ultrasound http://www.slideshare.net/rahterrazas/cardiac-us
• Turandot Saul: Ultrasound determination of Left Ventricular Function https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=0ahUKEwiX8sC5_a3PAhWLKiYKHYXID7MQFgghMAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.slredultrasound.com%2FFilesandpictures%2FLectures%2FDublinEmergencyEcho.ppt&usg=AFQjCNE7KlXh0Pks5TQ_oIliCmTDfouBvg&sig2=h2ixKWeaWRoDLHSjZRB4qw

Podcasts

• J. Christian Fox: Bedside Echocardiography http://freeemergencytalks.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/2010-1-B-1630-Bedside-Echocardiography-Fox.mp3
• Erol Unluer: Hardways and Highways of Cardiac Ultrasound http://freeemergencytalks.net/2012/10/erol-unluer-hardways-and-highways-of-cardiac-ultrasound/
• Matt Dawson and Mike Mallin: ECHO http://www.ultrasoundpodcast.com/?powerpress_pinw=533-podcast
• Paola Molino: Emergency Ultrasound in Cardiac Arrest http://freeemergencytalks.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/3-C-1500-Emergency-Ultrasound-in-Cardiac-Arrest-Paola-Molino-Italy.mp3

Videos

• Chris Moore: ECHO I http://vimeo.com/44570642#at=0 (27min)
• Chris Moore: ECHO II http://vimeo.com/44575412#at=0 (26min)
• Geoff Hayden: Cardiac http://vimeo.com/14493182 (40min)
• Phillip Perera: Cardiac Subxiphoid and Apical Views http://cmedownload.com/lecture/cardiac-echocardiographysubxiphoid-and-apical-views-pericardial-effusion (22min)
• Phillip Perera: Cardiac Parasternal View http://cmedownload.com/lecture/cardiac-echocardiographyparasternal-views-heart (21min)

Chest and Lung

Open Access Journal Articles

• Chavez, Miguel A., Navid Shams, Laura E. Ellington, Neha Naithani, Robert H. Gilman, Mark C. Steinhoff, Mathuram Santosham et al. Lung ultrasound for the diagnosis of pneumonia in adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Respiratory research 15, no. 1 (2014): 50. ../docss/1465-9921-15-50.pdf
• Volpicelli, Giovanni, Mahmoud Elbarbary, Michael Blaivas, Daniel A. Lichtenstein, Gebhard Mathis, Andrew W. Kirkpatrick, Lawrence Melniker et al. International evidence-based recommendations for point-of-care lung ultrasound. Intensive care medicine 38, no. 4 (2012): 577-591. https://www.infona.pl/resource/bwmeta1.element.springer-a514da8d-4794-346f-aba2-2d90a23fc02b
• Cortellaro, Francesca, Silvia Colombo, Daniele Coen, and Pier Giorgio Duca. Lung ultrasound is an accurate diagnostic tool for the diagnosis of pneumonia in the emergency department. Emergency Medicine Journal 29, no. 1 (2012): 19-23. http://www.medschool.lsuhsc.edu/emergency_medicine/docs/lung%20ultrasound%20in%20PNA.pdf
• Gentry Wilkerson, R., and Michael B. Stone. Sensitivity of bedside ultrasound and supine anteroposterior chest radiographs for the identification of pneumothorax after blunt trauma. Academic Emergency Medicine 17.1 (2010): 11-17. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1553-2712.2009.00628.x/full
• Ball, Chad G., Andrew W. Kirkpatrick, and David V. Feliciano. The occult pneumothorax: what have we learned?. Canadian Journal of Surgery 52.5 (2009): E173. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2769131/
• Noble, Vicki E., Alice F. Murray, Roberta Capp, Mary H. Sylvia-Reardon, David JR Steele, and Andrew Liteplo. Ultrasound assessment for extravascular lung water in patients undergoing hemodialysis: time course for resolution. CHEST Journal 135, no. 6 (2009): 1433-1439.../docss/Thoracic_2009_Noble_Chest.pdf
• Soldati, Gino, et al. Occult Traumatic Pneumothorax Diagnostic Accuracy of Lung Ultrasonography in the Emergency Department. CHEST Journal 133.1 (2008): 204-211. http://intranet.emergency.med.ufl.edu/journal_club/021909/Occult%20Traumatic%20Pneumothorax.pdf
• Blaivas, Michael, Matthew Lyon, and Sandeep Duggal. A prospective comparison of supine chest radiography and bedside ultrasound for the diagnosis of traumatic pneumothorax. Academic Emergency Medicine 12.9 (2005): 844-849. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1197/j.aem.2005.05.005/pdf
• Chan, Stewart Siu Wa. Emergency bedside ultrasound to detect pneumothorax. Academic emergency medicine 10.1 (2003): 91-94. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1197/aemj.10.1.91/pdf

Blogs & Websites

• Mount Sinai Emergency Medicine Ultrasound: Pneumothorax http://sinaiem.us/tutorials/pneumothorax
• Mount Sinai Emergency Medicine Ultrasound: Thorax http://sinaiem.us/tutorials/thorax

Podcasts

• Matt Dawson, Mike Mallin and Jacob Avila Ultrasound for Pneumonia…….and thoracentesis: Part 2. How to actually do it with @ultrasoundmd! http://www.ultrasoundpodcast.com/2016/07/ultrasound-pneumonia-thoracentesis-part-2-actually-ultrasoundmd-foamed/
• Matt Dawson, Mike Mallin and Jacob Avila Ultrasound for Pneumonia…….and thoracentesis: Part 1. http://www.ultrasoundpodcast.com/2016/06/ultrasound-pneumonia-thoracentesis-ultrasoundmd-asked-now-got-foamed/
• Haney Mallemat: Bedside Thoracic Ultrasound http://freeemergencytalks.net/2012/10/haney-mallemat-bedside-thoracic-ultrasound/
• Matt Dawson and Mike Mallin: Lung Ultrasound Part 3: Advanced pneumothorax pro tips http://www.ultrasoundpodcast.com/2016/06/lung-ultrasound-part-3-advanced-pneumothorax-pro-tips-ultrasoundmd/
• Mike Stone, Matt Dawson and Mike Mallin: Lung Ultrasound Part 1 http://www.ultrasoundpodcast.com/?powerpress_pinw=1444-podcast
• Mike Stone, Matt Dawson and Mike Mallin: Lung Ultrasound Part 2 http://www.ultrasoundpodcast.com/?powerpress_pinw=1534-podcast
• Christian Laursen, Vicki Noble, Andrew Liteplo, Matt Dawson and Mike Mallin: Lung US Journal Club Part 1 http://www.ultrasoundpodcast.com/?powerpress_pinw=2767-podcast

Videos

• Sara Damewood: Thoracic Ultrasound http://vimeo.com/46515236 (18min)
• Geoff Hayden: Pneumothorax http://vimeo.com/8817568 (7min)
• Phillip Perera: Pneumothorax http://cmedownload.com/lecture/ultrasound-evaluation-pneumothorax (12min)
• Phillip Perera: Effusion http://cmedownload.com/lecture/ultrasound-pleural-effusions (14min)

Aorta

Book Chapters - May Not Be Open Access

Emergency Ultrasound. John O. Ma, James R. Mateer, and Michael Blaivas. McGraw-Hill, 2008.

• Chapter 7: Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm

Open Access Journal Articles

• Moore, Chris L., et al. Screening for abdominal aortic aneurysm in asymptomatic at-risk patients using emergency ultrasound. The American journal of emergency medicine 26.8 (2008): 883-887. ../docss/AAA_2008_Moore_AJEM.pdf
• Costantino, Thomas G., et al. Accuracy of emergency medicine ultrasound in the evaluation of abdominal aortic aneurysm. The Journal of emergency medicine 29.4 (2005): 455-460. ../docss/AAA_2005_Costantino_JEM.pdf
• Knaut, Andrew L., et al. Ultrasonographic measurement of aortic diameter by emergency physicians approximates results obtained by computed tomography. The Journal of emergency medicine 28.2 (2005): 119-126. ../docss/AAA_2005_Knaut_JEM.pdf
• Tayal, Vivek S., Christian D. Graf, and Michael A. Gibbs. Prospective study of accuracy and outcome of emergency ultrasound for abdominal aortic aneurysm over two years. Academic emergency medicine 10.8 (2003): 867-871. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1197/aemj.10.8.867/pdf
• Kuhn, Marie, Robert LL Bonnin, Michael J. Davey, Jane L. Rowland, and Suzanne Le P. Langlois. Emergency department ultrasound scanning for abdominal aortic aneurysm: accessible, accurate, and advantageous. Annals of emergency medicine 36, no. 3 (2000): 219-223. ../docss/AAA_2000_Kuhn_AnnalsEM.pdf

Blogs & Websites

• Anthony J. Dean and Bon S. Ku: Aortic Aneurysm http://www.sonoguide.com/abdominal_aortic_aneurysm.html
• Mount Sinai Emergency Medicine Ultrasound: Aorta http://sinaiem.us/tutorials/aorta

Slide Sets

• Mary Beth Phelan: Focused Emergency Ultrasound: Evaluation of the Abdominal Aorta https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=0ahUKEwjI3ti2gK7PAhWMNSYKHZKBC-wQFggeMAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lvhn.org%2Fassets%2Feducation%2FMedical%2520Students%2F24%2520USAAA.ppt&usg=AFQjCNHd1GVSKFvq5ioOfZMn_XeBGhxx7w&sig2=Q7AfjmlmP5-K25y5gDqamg
• Fahad Khan: Emergency Ultrasound of the Aorta http://ppt.server4.org/e/emergency-ultrasound-of-the-aorta---st-lukes-roosevelt-w1258-ppt.ppt

Podcasts

• Tom Costantino: Ultrasound for the Abdominal Aorta http://www.freeemergencytalks.net/2010/04/tom-costantino-ultrasound-for-the-abdominal-aorta/

Videos

• Arthur Au: Aorta Ultrasound http://vimeo.com/41791516 (13min)
• Geoff Hayden: Aortic Aneurysm http://vimeo.com/8749805#at=0 (23min)
• Phillip Perera: Aortic Aneurysm Part 1 http://cmedownload.com/lecture/aorta-ultrasound-part-1-normal-anatomy (20min)
• Phillip Perera: Aortic Aneurysm Part 2 http://cmedownload.com/lecture/aorta-ultrasound-part-2-abdominal-aortic-aneurysm (28min)

Shock and Volume Assessment

Open Access Journal Articles

• Cortellaro, Francesca, Laura Ferrari, Francesco Molteni, Paolo Aseni, Marta Velati, Linda Guarnieri, Katia Barbara Cazzola, Silvia Colombo, and Daniele Coen. Accuracy of point of care ultrasound to identify the source of infection in septic patients: a prospective study. Internal and emergency medicine (2016): 1-8. Abstract only FOAM http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27236328
• Haydar, Samir A., et al. Effect of Bedside Ultrasonography on the Certainty of Physician Clinical Decisionmaking for Septic Patients in the Emergency. Annals of Emergency Medicine 60.3 (2012). ../docss/Cardiac_2012_Haydar_AnnalsEM.pdf
• De Lorenzo, Robert A., et al. Does a simple bedside sonographic measurement of the inferior vena cava correlate to central venous pressure?. The Journal of Emergency Medicine 42.4 (2012): 429-436. ../docss/Does-a-Simple-Bedside-Sonographic-Measurement-of-the-IVC-Correlate-to-CVP.pdf
• Seif, Dina, et al. Bedside ultrasound in resuscitation and the rapid ultrasound in shock protocol. Critical care research and practice 2012 (2012).../docss/New-RUSH-Review-Article1.pdf
• Weekes, Anthony J., et al. Comparison of serial qualitative and quantitative assessments of caval index and left ventricular systolic function during early fluid resuscitation of hypotensive emergency department patients. Academic Emergency Medicine 18.9 (2011): 912-921. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1553-2712.2011.01157.x/pdf
• Perera, Phillips, et al. The RUSH exam: Rapid Ultrasound in Shock in the evaluation of the critically ill. Emergency medicine clinics of North America 28.1 (2010): 29-56. ../docss/The-RUSH-Exam-Rapid-US-in-SHock-in-the-evaluation-of-the-critically-ill.pdf
• Jones, Alan E., et al. Randomized, controlled trial of immediate versus delayed goal-directed ultrasound to identify the cause of nontraumatic hypotension in emergency department patients*. Critical care medicine 32.8 (2004): 1703-1708. ../docss/Code_2004_Jones_CCM.pdf.

Blogs & Websites

• Mount Sinai Emergency Medicine Ultrasound: Rush http://sinaiem.us/tutorials/rush
• Katja Goldflam, Turan Saul, and Resa Lewiss: Focus On: Inferior Vena Cava Ultrasound http://www.acep.org/Content.aspx?id=80791

Slide Sets

• Alexis P Langsfeld: Sonographic Assessment of the Inferior Vena Cava http://www.slideserve.com/finian/sonographic-assessment-of-the-inferior-vena-cava

Podcasts

• Matt Dawson, Mike Mallin and Jacob Avila Ultrasound for fluids in sepsis simplified…kind of…ok, not really http://www.ultrasoundpodcast.com/2016/08/ultrasound-fluids-sepsis-simplified-kind-ok-not-really-foamed/
• Matt Dawson, Mike Mallin and Jacob Avila Ultrasound in Sepsis.  Be 22% more accurate in diagnosing Sepsis in 10 minutes! http://www.ultrasoundpodcast.com/2016/08/ultrasound-sepsis-22-accurate-diagnosing-sepsis-10-minutes-foamed/
• Abdullah Alsakka: Rapid Ultrasound Assessment of Shock Patient (RUSH) http://freeemergencytalks.net/2012/10/abdullah-alsakka-rapid-ultrasound-asessment-of-the-shock-patient/
• Scott D. Weingart, Daniel Duque, and Bret Nelson: Rapid Ultrasound for Shock and Hypotension – the RUSH Exam http://emcrit.org/rush-exam/
• Justin Bowra SMACC: The Dark Art of IVC Ultrasound http://lifeinthefastlane.com/smacc-the-dark-art-of-ivc-ultrasound/
• Matt Dawson and Mike Mallin: Fluid Responsiveness: Part 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dl46AzMNiNE
• Matt Dawson and Mike Mallin: Fluid Responsiveness: Part 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UN6K_D3WFsk
• Jorge Otero: Critical Care Ultrasound for the New Era (Spanish) http://freeemergencytalks.net/2013/11/jorge-otero-critical-care-ultrasound-for-the-new-era-spanish/

Videos

• Jon Fischer: Inferior Vena Cava Ultrasound http://vimeo.com/59095991 (30min)
• Geoff Hayden: Volume Assessment: http://vimeo.com/8771354 (5min)
• Geoff Hayden: Shock: http://vimeo.com/8771181 (7min)

Hepato-biliary

Book Chapters - May Not Be Open Access

Emergency Ultrasound. John O. Ma, James R. Mateer, and Michael Blaivas. McGraw-Hill, 2008.

• Chapter 8: Hepatobilary

Open Access Journal Articles

• Summers, Shane M., et al. A prospective evaluation of emergency department bedside ultrasonography for the detection of acute cholecystitis. Annals of emergency medicine 56.2 (2010): 114-122. ../docss/PIIS0196064410000375.pdf
• Gaspari, Romolo J., Eitan Dickman, and David Blehar. Learning curve of bedside ultrasound of the gallbladder. The Journal of emergency medicine 37.1 (2009): 51-56. ../docss/GB_2009_Gaspari_JEM.pdf
• Scruggs, William, et al. Accuracy of ED bedside ultrasound for identification of gallstones: retrospective analysis of 575 studies. Western Journal of Emergency Medicine 9.1 (2008): 1. ../docss/wjem-9-0001.pdf
• Rosen, Carlo L., et al. Ultrasonography by emergency physicians in patients with suspected cholecystitis. The American journal of emergency medicine 19.1 (2001): 32-36. ../docss/GB_2001_Rosen_AJEM.pdf
• Kendall, John L., and Richard J. Shimp. Performance and interpretation of focused right upper quadrant ultrasound by emergency physicians. The Journal of emergency medicine 21.1 (2001): 7-13. ../docss/GB_2001_Kendall_JEM.pdf
• Blaivas, Michael, Robert A. Harwood, and Michael J. Lambert. Decreasing length of stay with emergency ultrasound examination of the gallbladder. Academic emergency medicine 6.10 (1999): 1020-1023. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1553-2712.1999.tb01186.x/pdf

Blogs & Websites

• J. Christian Fox and William P. Scruggs: Gallbladder http://www.sonoguide.com/biliary.html
• Mount Sinai Emergency Medicine Ultrasound: Gallbladder http://sinaiem.us/tutorials/gallbladder
• Uche Blackstock, Stanley Wu, Resa Lewiss, Turan Saul, and William Bagley: Focus On: Bedside Biliary Ultrasound http://www.acep.org/Content.aspx?id=64648

Slide Sets

• Gary Quick Bedside Ultrasound of the Biliary Tract http://www.powershow.com/view4/6820bf-Nzk4O/Bedside_Ultrasound_of_the_Biliary_Tract_powerpoint_ppt_presentation

Podcasts

• Chris Fox Gallbladder Ultrasound http://www.ultrasoundpodcast.com/2016/09/fox-say-gallbladder-ultrasound-listen-find-foamed/

Videos

• Geoff Hayden: Gallbladder http://vimeo.com/8933018#at=0 (38min)
• Phillip Perera: Gallbladder Part 1 http://cmedownload.com/lecture/hepatobiliary-ultrasound-1 (21min)
• Phillip Perera: Gallbladder Part 2 http://cmedownload.com/lecture/hepatobiliary-ultrasound-2 (29min)
• Joseph Minardi: Emergency Ultrasound of the Biliary Tract http://vimeo.com/87759897

Renal

Book Chapters - May Not Be Open Access

Emergency Ultrasound. John O. Ma, James R. Mateer, and Michael Blaivas. McGraw-Hill, 2008.

• Chapter 10: Renal

Open Access Journal Articles

• Dalziel, Peregrine James, and Vicki Elizabeth Noble. Bedside ultrasound and the assessment of renal colic: a review.(2012).../docss/Renal_2012_Dalziel_EMJ.pdf
• Edmonds, Marcia L., Justin W. Yan, Robert J. Sedran, Shelley L. McLeod, and Karl D. Theakston. The utility of renal ultrasonography in the diagnosis of renal colic in emergency department patients. Cjem 12, no. 03 (2010): 201-206. ../docss/Renal_2010_Edmonds_CJEM.pdf
• Kartal, M., O. Eray, T. Erdogru, and S. Yilmaz. Prospective validation of a current algorithm including bedside US performed by emergency physicians for patients with acute flank pain suspected for renal colic. Emergency medicine journal 23, no. 5 (2006): 341-344. ../docss/341.pdf
• Gaspari, Romolo J., and Kurt Horst. Emergency ultrasound and urinalysis in the evaluation of flank pain. Academic emergency medicine 12.12 (2005): 1180-1184.http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1197/j.aem.2005.06.023/pdf
• Noble, Vicki E., and David FM Brown. Renal ultrasound. Emergency medicine clinics of North America 22.3 (2004): 641-659.../docss/Renal_2004_Noble_EM_Clinics_NA.pdf
• Henderson, Sean O., Richard J. Hoffner, Jodi L. Aragona, Diane E. Groth, Victor I. Esekogwu, and Dennis Chan. Bedside emergency department ultrasonography plus radiography of the kidneys, ureters, and bladder vs intravenous pyelography in the evaluation of suspected ureteral colic. Academic emergency medicine 5, no. 7 (1998): 666-671. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1553-2712.1998.tb02483.x/pdf

Blogs & Websites

• Barbara K. Blok and Beatrice Hoffmann: Renal http://www.sonoguide.com/renal.html
• Mount Sinai Emergency Medicine Ultrasound: Kidney http://sinaiem.us/tutorials/kidney
• ACEP Now Focused Renal Sonography http://www.acepnow.com/article/focused-renal-sonography/

Podcasts

• Matt Dawson, Mike Mallin and Vicky Noble Renal Ultrasound continued with @nobleultrasound. Hydro, twinkling, and Jets, oh my! http://www.ultrasoundpodcast.com/2016/05/renal-ultrasound-continued-nobleultrasound-hydro-twinkling-jets-oh-foamed/
• Matt Dawson, Mike Mallin and Vicky Noble Renal Ultrasound with @nobleultrasound. Hydro, twinkling, and Jets, oh my! http://www.ultrasoundpodcast.com/2016/04/renal-ultrasound-nobleultrasound-hydro-twinkling-jets-oh-foamed/
• Harry Goett: Renal Ultrasound http://www.freeemergencytalks.net/2010/08/harry-goett-renal-ultrasound/
• Matt Dawson and Mike Mallin: Renal Ultrasound http://www.ultrasoundpodcast.com/2012/05/episode-27-renal-ultrasound/

Video

• Peregrine Dalziel: Renal Ultrasound http://vimeo.com/69556457 (25min)
• Geoff Hayden: Renal http://vimeo.com/8753615#at=0 (26 min)
• Phillip Perera: Renal http://cmedownload.com/lecture/urological-ultrasound-kidney-and-bladder (31min)

Early Pregnancy

Book Chapters - May Not Be Open Access

Emergency Ultrasound. John O. Ma, James R. Mateer, and Michael Blaivas. McGraw-Hill, 2008.

• Chapter 12: First Trimester Pregnancy

Open Access Journal Articles

• Stein, John C., et al. Emergency physician ultrasonography for evaluating patients at risk for ectopic pregnancy: a meta-analysis. Annals of emergency medicine 56.6 (2010): 674-683. ../docss/PIIS0196064410011960.pdf
• Casanova, Bruno C., et al. Prediction of outcome in women with symptomatic first-trimester pregnancy: focus on intrauterine rather than ectopic gestation. Journal of Women's Health 18.2 (2009): 195-200. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2945719/pdf/jwh.2008.0896.pdf
• Rodgerson, Jeff D., William G. Heegaard, Dave Plummer, Jason Hicks, Joseph Clinton, and Steven Sterner. Emergency department right upper quadrant ultrasound is associated with a reduced time to diagnosis and treatment of ruptured ectopic pregnancies. Academic Emergency Medicine 8, no. 4 (2001): 331-336. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1553-2712.2001.tb02110.x/pdf
• Blaivas, Michael, et al. Do emergency physicians save time when locating a live intrauterine pregnancy with bedside ultrasonography?. Academic Emergency Medicine 7.9 (2000): 988-993. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1553-2712.2000.tb02088.x/pdf
• Burgher, Stephen W., Thomas K. Tandy, and Michael R. Dawdy. Transvaginal ultrasonography by emergency physicians decreases patient time in the emergency department. Academic emergency medicine 5, no. 8 (1998): 802-807. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1553-2712.1998.tb02507.x/pdf

Blogs & Websites

• Matt Dawson, Mike Mallin and Jacob Avila Pregnancy ultrasound with the linear probe……WHAT?!? http://www.ultrasoundpodcast.com/2016/08/pregnancy-ultrasound-linear-probe-calm-just-listen-foamed/ 
• William T. Hosek: Early Pregnancy http://www.sonoguide.com/obgyn.html
• Turandot Saul, MD, RDMS, and Resa Lewiss: Focus On - Ultrasound Imaging in First Trimester Pregnancy http://www.acep.org/content.aspx?id=39778
• Mount Sinai Emergency Medicine Ultrasound: Pelvis http://sinaiem.us/tutorials/pelvis

Slide Sets

• Honor M. Wolfe: First Trimester Ultrasound https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=0ahUKEwj2mZzTprDPAhUGOiYKHY8nAqUQFggeMAA&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.med.unc.edu%2Fobgclerk%2Ffiles%2Fcase_based_series%2FULTRASOUND.ppt&usg=AFQjCNFpGZ7ihQk_qu2lmnqLMwnDWDu_PQ&sig2=qeIalR3PRuBsFbYdZn6rTQ

Podcasts

• Gregory Garra: Ultrasound for Assessing an Ectopic Pregnancy – Pros and Cons of the Discriminatory Zone http://freeemergencytalks.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/1-B-1700-Ultrasound-for-Assessing-an-Ectopic-Pregnancy-Pros-and-Cons-of-the-Discriminatory-Zone-Gregory-Garra-New-York.mp3

Videos

• Lorraine Ng: Transabdominal Pelvic Ultrasound http://vimeo.com/41808262 (28min)
• Meghan Kelly Herbst: Transvaginal Pelvic Ultrasound http://vimeo.com/52830902 (18min)
• Geoff Hayden: Early Pregnancy http://vimeo.com/8753200#at=0 (29min)
• Phillip Perera: Early Pregnancy Part 1 http://cmedownload.com/lecture/soundbytes-obgyn-part-1 (29min)
• Phillip Perera: Early Pregnancy Part 2 http://cmedownload.com/lecture/soundbytes-obgyn-part-2 (16min)
• Phillip Perera: Early Pregnancy IUP http://cmedownload.com/lecture/intrauterine-pregnancy (25mn)
• Phillip Perera: Early Pregnancy Ectopic http://cmedownload.com/lecture/ectopic-pregnancy-3 (24min)

Deep Venous Thrombosis

Book Chapters - May Not Be Open Access

Emergency Ultrasound. John O. Ma, James R. Mateer, and Michael Blaivas. McGraw-Hill, 2008.

• Chapter 15: Lower Extremity Deep Vein Thrombosis

Open Access Journal Articles

• Shiver, Stephen A., et al. Prospective comparison of emergency physician–performed venous ultrasound and CT venography for deep venous thrombosis. The American journal of emergency medicine 28.3 (2010): 354-358. ../docss/DVT_2010_Shiver_AJEM.pdf
• Crisp, Jonathan G., Luis M. Lovato, and Timothy B. Jang. Compression ultrasonography of the lower extremity with portable vascular ultrasonography can accurately detect deep venous thrombosis in the emergency department. Annals of emergency medicine 56.6 (2010): 601-610. ../docss/DVT_2010_Crisp_Annals_EM.pdf
• Burnside, Patrick R., Michael D. Brown, and Jeffrey A. Kline. Systematic Review of Emergency Physician–performed Ultrasonography for Lower‐Extremity Deep Vein Thrombosis. Academic Emergency Medicine 15.6 (2008): 493-498. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1553-2712.2008.00101.x/pdf
• Blaivas, Michael. Ultrasound in the detection of venous thromboembolism. Critical care medicine 35.5 (2007): S224-S234. ../docss/DVT_2007_Blaivas_CCM.pdf
• Blaivas, Michael, Michael J. Lambert, Robert A. Harwood, Joseph P. Wood, and John Konicki. Lower‐extremity Doppler for Deep Venous Thrombosis—Can Emergency Physicians Be Accurate and Fast?. Academic Emergency Medicine 7, no. 2 (2000): 120-126. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1553-2712.2000.tb00512.x/pdf
• Jolly, B. Tilman, Elizabeth Massarin, and E. Cary Pigman. Color Doppler ultrasonography by emergency physicians for the diagnosis of acute deep venous thrombosis. Academic emergency medicine 4, no. 2 (1997): 129-132. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1553-2712.1997.tb03719.x/pdf

Blogs & Websites

• Anthony J. Dean and Bon S. Ku: Deep Vein Thrombosis http://www.sonoguide.com/dvt.html
• Mount Sinai Emergency Medicine Ultrasound: DVThttp://sinaiem.us/tutorials/dvt

Slide Sets

• Petra Duran-Gehring: Deep Venous Ultrasound http://www.slideshare.net/pegehring/9-vascular-us
• Turandot Saul: Deep Vein Thrombosis http://bit.ly/1uUNYpf

Podcasts

• Melanie Stander: Vascular Applications of Emergency Point of Care Ultrasound http://freeemergencytalks.net/2011/12/melanie-stander-south-africa-vascular-applications-of-emergency-point-of-care-ultrasound/
• Matt Dawson and Mike Mallin: DVThttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYY8dbqirdA

Video

• Frances Russell: DVTUltrasound http://vimeo.com/52819569 (11min)
• Geoff Hayden: Deep Venous Thrombosis http://vimeo.com/8936040 (23min)
• Phillip Perera: Deep Venous Thrombosis Part 1 http://cmedownload.com/lecture/dvt-ultrasound-part-1 (24min)
• Phillip Perera: Deep Venous Thrombosis Part 2 http://cmedownload.com/lecture/dvt-ultrasound-part-2 (20min)

Vascular Access

Book Chapters - May Not Be Open Access

Emergency Ultrasound. John O. Ma, James R. Mateer, and Michael Blaivas. McGraw-Hill, 2008.

• Chapter 19: Vascular Access

Open Access Journal Articles

• Elia, Fabrizio, et al. Standard-length catheters vs long catheters in ultrasound-guided peripheral vein cannulation. The American journal of emergency medicine 30.5 (2012): 712-716. ../docss/Standard-Length-Catheters-vs-Long-Catheters-in-US-guided-Peripheral-Vein-Cannulation.pdf
• Shokoohi, Hamid, et al. Ultrasound-Guided Peripheral Intravenous Access Program Is Associated With a Marked Reduction in Central Venous Catheter Use in Noncritically Ill Emergency Department Patients. Annals of emergency medicine (2012). ../docss/PIIS0196064412015491.pdf
• Ho, Anthony M-H., et al. The medial-transverse approach for internal jugular vein cannulation: an example of lateral thinking. The Journal of emergency medicine 42.2 (2012): 174-177. ../docss/0fcfd5016942770331000000.pdf
• Elizabeth Schoenfeld, M. D., Keith Boniface, and Hamid Shokoohi. ED technicians can successfully place ultrasound-guided intravenous catheters in patients with poor vascular access. American Journal of Emergency Medicine 29 (2011): 496-501. ../docss/ED_technicians_can_successfully_place_ul20151108-15392-100h0zk.pdf
• Adam Balls, M. D., et al. Ultrasound guidance for central venous catheter placement: results from the Central Line Emergency Access Registry Database. American Journal of Emergency Medicine 28 (2010): 561-567. http://lcbaxterlibrary.tripod.com/ereserves/internal_medicine_journal_club/7.30.10.3.pdf
• Ortega, Rafael, et al. Ultrasound-guided internal jugular vein cannulation. New England Journal of Medicine 362.16 (2010). ../docss/20130502114387328732.pdf
• Bauman, Michael, M. D. Darren Braude, and Cameron Crandall. Ultrasound-guidance vs. standard technique in difficult vascular access patients by ED technicians. American Journal of Emergency Medicine 27 (2009): 135-140. ../docss/Nurse_IV_2009_Bauman_AJEM.pdf
• Stein, John, et al. Ultrasonographically Guided Peripheral Intravenous Cannulation in Emergency Department Patients With Difficult Intravenous Access: A Randomized Trial. Annals of Emergency Medicine 54.1 (2009).../docss/vascaccess_2009_Stein_Annals_EM.pdf

Blogs & Websites

• Rajesh Geria and Beatrice Hoffmann: Vascular Access http://www.sonoguide.com/line_placement.html
• Mount Sinai Emergency Medicine Ultrasound: Peripheral IV http://sinaiem.us/tutorials/peripheral-iv-access

Podcasts

• Matt Dawson and Mike Mallin: Peripheral Venous Cannulation http://www.ultrasoundpodcast.com/?powerpress_pinw=1323-podcast
• Matt Dawson and Mike Mallin: Internal Jugular Central Venous Line http://www.ultrasoundpodcast.com/?powerpress_pinw=1308-podcast
• Matt Dawson and Mike Mallin: Radial Arterial Catheterization http://www.ultrasoundpodcast.com/?powerpress_pinw=1343-podcast

Videos

• Jennifer Marin: Ultrasound Guided Peripheral IV Placement http://vimeo.com/41543020# (11min)
• Arun Nagdev: Ultrasound Guided Central Venous Cannulation http://vimeo.com/44255343 (20min)
• Geoff Hayden: Vascular Access http://vimeo.com/8733523 (14min)
• Phillip Perera: Peripheral Vascular Access http://cmedownload.com/lecture/ultrasound-guidance-peripheral-iv-insertion (26min)
• Phillip Perera: Central Vascular Access http://cmedownload.com/lecture/central-venous-access (22min)
• Phillip Perera: Supraclavicular Central Access http://cmedownload.com/lecture/ultrasound-guidance-supraclavicular-vein-central-venous-access (13min)

Procedural

Book Chapters - May Not Be Open Access

Emergency Ultrasound. John O. Ma, James R. Mateer, and Michael Blaivas. McGraw-Hill, 2008.

• Chapter 20: Additional Ultrasound-Guided Proceedures

Open Access Journal Articles

• Nazeer, Shameem R., Hillary Dewbre, and Adam H. Miller. "Ultrasound-assisted paracentesis performed by emergency physicians vs the traditional technique: a prospective, randomized study." The American journal of emergency medicine 23.3 (2005): 363-367. ../docss/nazeer_paracentesis.pdf
• Fletcher, Alan K., Alan S. Rigby, and Francis LP Heyes. "Three-in-one femoral nerve block as analgesia for fractured neck of femur in the emergency department: a randomized, controlled trial." Annals of emergency medicine 41.2 (2003): 227-233. http://www.nyuemsono.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/A-Comparison-of-US-guided-Three-in-One-Femoral-Nerve-Block-vs.-Parenteral-Opioids-Alone-for-Analgesia-in-ED-Patients-with-Hip-Fractures.pdf

Blogs & Websites

• Rajesh Geria: Pericardiocentesis http://www.sonoguide.com/pericardiocentesis.html
• Rajesh Geria: Thoracentesis http://www.sonoguide.com/thoracentesis.html
• Rajesh Geria: Paracentesis http://www.sonoguide.com/paracentesis.html
• Leonard V. Bunting: US Guided Nerve Blocks http://www.sonoguide.com/nerve_block.html
• ACEP Now Ultrasound for Thoracentesis http://www.acepnow.com/article/ultrasound-thoracentesis/
• ACEP Now Ultrasound-Guided Paracentesis http://www.acepnow.com/article/ultrasound-guided-paracentesis/
• Aparajita Sohoni, Andrew Herring, Mike Stone, and Arun Nagdev: Focus On: Ultrasound-Guided Forearm Nerve Blocks http://www.acep.org/Content.aspx?id=82259
• Brian Johnson,Emily Lovallo, Daniel Mantuani,and Arun Nagdev How to Perform Ultrasound-Guided Distal Sciatic Nerve Block in the Popliteal Fossa ACEP Now http://www.acepnow.com/article/how-to-perform-ultrasound-guided-distal-sciatic-nerve-block-in-the-popliteal-fossa/

Slide Sets

• Turandot Saul: Ultrasound Guided Lumbar Puncture http://www.powershow.com/view/3ff5dd-YTM2M/Ultrasound_Guided_Lumbar_Puncture_powerpoint_ppt_presentation

Podcasts

• Matt Dawson and Mike Mallin: Pericardiocentesis http://www.ultrasoundpodcast.com/?powerpress_pinw=1695-podcast
• Matt Dawson and Mike Mallin: Thoracentesis http://www.ultrasoundpodcast.com/?powerpress_pinw=1741-podcast
• Matt Dawson and Mike Mallin: Paracentesis http://www.ultrasoundpodcast.com/?powerpress_pinw=1723-podcast
• Connor Nickels: Ultrasound-Guided Nerve Blocks & Regional Anaesthesia http://freeemergencytalks.net/2012/07/connor-nickels-usa-ultrasound-guided-nerve-blocks-regional-anaesthesia/
• Matt Dawson and Mike Mallin: Femoral Nerve http://www.ultrasoundpodcast.com/?powerpress_pinw=425-podcast
• Mike Stone, Matt Dawson and Mike Mallin: Ultrasound Guided Nerve Blocks Part 1 http://www.ultrasoundpodcast.com/?powerpress_pinw=553-podcast
• Mike Stone, Matt Dawson and Mike Mallin: Ultrasound Guided Nerve Blocks Part 2 http://www.ultrasoundpodcast.com/?powerpress_pinw=557-podcast

Videos

• Ultrasound-Guided Nerve Blocks from Stamford School of Regional Anesthesia - https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=SSRAUSA
  • Fascia Iliata Block - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6X0IiYolIk
  • Popliteal Sciatic Nerve Block - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYM2sft8R2I
  • Interscalene Nerve Block - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhFs-batCSY
  • Saphenous Nerve Block - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_Xmlqrn68Q
  • Femoral Nerve Block - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwtvZ0tC9ng
  • Supraclavicular Nerve Block - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgH5RWkhD0g
  • Sciatic Nerve Block - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h14Ee2yAmUU
• Radial Nerve Block - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rd7KeoP8lHA
• Median Nerve Block - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_ve-mNaYmI
• Ulnar Nerve Block - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3u7VhsAlxhI
• Phillip Perera: Thoracentesis http://cmedownload.com/lecture/ultrasound-guidance-thoracentesis (21min)
• Phillip Perera: Paracentesis http://cmedownload.com/lecture/ultrasound-guidance-paracentesis (16min)
• Phillip Perera: Lumbar Puncture http://cmedownload.com/lecture/ultrasound-guidance-lumbar-puncture (12min)
• Negean Vandordaklou: Ultrasound Guided Procedures: Lumbar Puncture, Paracentesis and Thoracentesis http://vimeo.com/59095992

Testicular

Book Chapters - May Not Be Open Access

Emergency Ultrasound. John O. Ma, James R. Mateer, and Michael Blaivas. McGraw-Hill, 2008.

Chapter 11: Testicular

Open Access Journal Articles

• Cannis, Mark, Thomas Mailhot, and Phillips Perera. "Bedside Ultrasound in a Case of Blunt Scrotal Trauma." Western Journal of Emergency Medicine 14.2 (2013): 127.http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3628458/
• Yagil, Yael, et al. "Role of Doppler ultrasonography in the triage of acute scrotum in the emergency department." Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine 29.1 (2010): 11-21. http://www.jultrasoundmed.org/content/29/1/11.full.pdf+html
• Blaivas, Michael, Paul Sierzenski, and Michael Lambert. "Emergency evaluation of patients presenting with acute scrotum using bedside ultrasonography." Academic Emergency Medicine 8.1 (2001): 90-93.http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1553-2712.2001.tb00563.x/pdf

Blogs & Websites

• Srikar R. Adhikari: Testicular http://www.sonoguide.com/smparts_testicular.html

Podcasts

• Matt Dawson and Mike Mallin: Testicular Ultrasound Part 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcKFOQTFJS4
• Matt Dawson and Mike Mallin: Testicular Ultrasound Part 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKky4k0kYOc

Soft Tissue and Musculoskeletal

Book Chapters - May Not Be Open Access

Emergency Ultrasound. John O. Ma, James R. Mateer, and Michael Blaivas. McGraw-Hill, 2008.

Chapter 16: Soft Tissue

Open Access Journal Articles

• Tayal, Vivek S., et al. "The Effect of Soft‐tissue Ultrasound on the Management of Cellulitis in the Emergency Department." Academic emergency medicine 13.4 (2006): 384-388. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1197/j.aem.2005.11.074/pdf
• Squire, Benjamin T., John Christian Fox, and Craig Anderson. "ABSCESS: applied bedside sonography for convenient evaluation of superficial soft tissue infections." Academic emergency medicine 12.7 (2005): 601-606. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1197/j.aem.2005.01.016/pdf

Blogs & Websites

• James H. Moak: Hip Sonography http://vimeo.com/46518256#at=0 (17min)
• Matt Fields: Musculoskeletal Ultrasound: Muscles & Tendons http://vimeo.com/41682960 14min)
• Brian Euerle: Soft Tissue http://www.sonoguide.com/soft_tissue.html
• Brian Euerle: Abscess, I&D http://www.sonoguide.com/abscess.html
• Rajesh Geria: Foreign Bodies http://www.sonoguide.com/foreign_bodies.html
• John Lin and William Weadock: Musculoskeletal Ultrasound http://www.med.umich.edu/rad/muscskel/mskus/index.html
• Mount Sinai Emergency Medicine Ultrasound: Soft Tissue- Abscess http://sinaiem.us/tutorials/soft-tissue-abscess

Podcasts

• Matt Dawson and Mike Mallin: Radius Fracture http://www.ultrasoundpodcast.com/2013/04/ultrasound-of-radius-fracture-what-thats-right-diagnose-it-and-guide-your-reduction-with-us-foamed/

Videos

• Geoff Hayden: Soft Tissue http://vimeo.com/8815198 (17min)
• Geoff Hayden: Foreign Bodies http://vimeo.com/8773180 (10min)
• Phillip Perera: Soft Tissue Infection http://cmedownload.com/lecture/ultrasound-soft-tissue-infections (15min)
• Phillip Perera: Soft Tissue Infection Hand Infection http://cmedownload.com/lecture/ultrasound-evaluations-hand-infections (9min)
• Diku P. Mandavia: Bone Fracture http://cmedownload.com/lecture/bone-fractures (1min)
• Phillip Perera: Ligaments/Tendons: http://cmedownload.com/lecture/musculoskeletal-ultrasoundligaments-and-tendons (14min)
• Phillip Perera: Foreign Bodies http://cmedownload.com/lecture/ultrasound-foreign-bodies (14min)
• Diku P. Mandavia: Hand Foreign Body http://cmedownload.com/lecture/hand-foreign-body (4min)
• J. Matthew Fields: Musculoskeletal Ultrasound: Muscles & Tendons http://vimeo.com/41682960

Ocular

Book Chapters - May Not Be Open Access

Emergency Ultrasound. John O. Ma, James R. Mateer, and Michael Blaivas. McGraw-Hill, 2008.

• Chapter 17: Ocular Ultrasound

Open Access Journal Articles

• Schott, Meghan L., Jessica E. Pierog, and Sarah R. Williams. "Pitfalls in the Use of Ocular Ultrasound for Evaluation of Acute Vision Loss." The Journal of emergency medicine (2013). ../docss/Pitfalls-in-the-Use-of-Ocular-Ultrasound-for-Evaluation-ofnbspAcutenbspVision-Loss.pdf
• Kimberly, Heidi Harbison, et al. "Correlation of optic nerve sheath diameter with direct measurement of intracranial pressure." Academic Emergency Medicine 15.2 (2008): 201-204. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1553-2712.2007.00031.x/pdf
• Blaivas, Michael. "Bedside emergency department ultrasonography in the evaluation of ocular pathology." Academic Emergency Medicine 7.8 (2000): 947-950. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1553-2712.2000.tb02080.x/pdf

Blogs & Websites

• Srikar R. Adhikari: Ocular http://www.sonoguide.com/smparts_ocular.html
• Nate Teismann, Sachita Shah, and Arun Nagdev Focus On: Ultrasound for Acute Retinal Detachment https://www.acep.org/Clinical---Practice-Management/Focus-On--Ultrasound-for-Acute-Retinal-Detachment/?__taxonomyid=118010

Podcasts

• Jeffrey M. Freeman: Ultrasound Imaging to Assess Increased Intracranial Pressure http://freeemergencytalks.net/2011/12/jeffrey-m-freeman-michigan-ultrasound-imaging-to-assess-increased-intracaranial-pressure/

Videos

• Turandot Saul: Ocular Ultrasound http://vimeo.com/41575053 (25min)
• Phillip Perera: Ocular Ultrasound http://cmedownload.com/lecture/ocular (33min)

ENT

Blogs & Websites

• Srikar R. Adhikari: ENT http://www.sonoguide.com/smparts_ent.html

Podcasts

• Rob Orman, Matt Dawson and Mike Mallin: Peritonsillar Abscess http://www.ultrasoundpodcast.com/?powerpress_pinw=376-podcast

Videos

• Geoff Hayden: How to find a PTA with ultrasound https://vimeo.com/171816350
• Phillip Perera: ENT http://cmedownload.com/lecture/ultrasound-evaluation-peritonsillar-abscess (13min)

General

• Vieira, Rebecca L., and Richard Bachur. "Bedside Ultrasound in Pediatric Practice." Pediatrics 133.1 (2014): 1-3.http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/133/1/1.full
• Levy, Jason A., and Vicki E. Noble. "Bedside ultrasound in pediatric emergency medicine." Pediatrics 121, no. 5 (2008): e1404-e1412. http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/121/5/e1404.full.pdf+html

FAST

• Fox, J. Christian, et al. "Test characteristics of focused assessment of sonography for trauma for clinically significant abdominal free fluid in pediatric blunt abdominal trauma." Academic Emergency Medicine 18.5 (2011): 477-482. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1553-2712.2011.01071.x/pdf

Pulmonary

• Tsung, James W., David O. Kessler, and Vaishali P. Shah. "Prospective application of clinician-performed lung ultrasonography during the 2009 H1N1 influenza A pandemic: distinguishing viral from bacterial pneumonia." Critical ultrasound journal 4.1 (2012): 1-10.http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/2036-7902-4-16#page-1

Appendicitis

• Russell, W. Scott, Abigail M. Schuh, Jeanne G. Hill, Andre Hebra, Robert A. Cina, Charles D. Smith, and Christian J. Streck. "Clinical practice guidelines for pediatric appendicitis evaluation can decrease computed tomography utilization while maintaining diagnostic accuracy." Pediatric emergency care 29, no. 5 (2013): 568-573. ../docss/Peds18.pdf
• Quigley, Alan J., and Samuel Stafrace. "Ultrasound assessment of acute appendicitis in paediatric patients: methodology and pictorial overview of findings seen." Insights into imaging 4, no. 6 (2013): 741-751. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13244-013-0275-3/fulltext.html

Procedural

• Werner, Heidi, and Jason Levy. "Procedural applications of bedside emergency ultrasound." Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine 12.1 (2011): 43-52.../docss/Procedures1.pdf

Podcasts

• Bret Nelson Appy, intussusception, and other peds US http://www.ultrasoundpodcast.com/2016/09/appy-intussusception-peds-us-bretpnelson-register-now-castlefest2017-com-foamed/
• Russ Horowitz, Matt Dawson and Mike Mallin Intussusception: Part 1 http://www.ultrasoundpodcast.com/?powerpress_pinw=2738-podcast
• Russ Horowitz, Matt Dawson and Mike Mallin Intussusception: Part 2 http://www.ultrasoundpodcast.com/?powerpress_pinw=2761-podcast

Videos

• Alexander Arroyo: Pyloric Stenosis http://vimeo.com/42164365
• Samuel Lam: Bedside Ultrasound Diagnosis of Pediatric Intussusception http://vimeo.com/37877537
• James H. Moak: Hip Sonography http://vimeo.com/46518256

See Also

• GEMC: Global Emergency Medicine Curriculum (Main)

Authors

Ashley Bean, Joe Lex, Daniel Ostermayer, Ross Donaldson, Michael Holtz