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August 1, 2024 • Emergency Ultrasound Section

ACEP EUS Fellowship Subcommittee Update

The Fellowship Subcommittee is excited to announce the first ultrasound fellows’ symposium at ACEP 2025.

August 1, 2024 • Emergency Ultrasound Section

Make an Impact! Writing Your Next Educational Ultrasound #FOAMed Post

Open access medical resources have truly transformed the landscape of ultrasound education.

August 1, 2024 • Emergency Ultrasound Section

The Value of Presence

“Your time is valuable. Advocate for yourself and your time.” That was a maxim I heard from my academic faculty in both residency and fellowship - a phrase I heard emphasized multiple times during my...

August 1, 2024 • Emergency Ultrasound Section

ACEP EUS Residency Education Subcommittee Update

Too many of us have spent hours creating interactive, gamified lectures for our resident education events.

August 1, 2024 • Emergency Ultrasound Section

The Case for Identifying and Situationally Anesthetizing the Radial Nerve at the Mid Humerus Shaft: A Reproducible and Consistent Technique to Identifying the Radial Nerve

The world of regional analgesia has witnessed a significant revolution in recent decades, with the advent of ultrasound-guided regional analgesia (UGRA) offering a blend of precision, safety, and effi...

August 1, 2024 • Emergency Ultrasound Section

Comparing Nerve Block Models: Meat Versus Vegetarian Options

The use of nerve blocks in the Emergency Department has been increasing in recent years, with ACEP putting out a statement that not only are emergency physicians qualified to perform nerve blocks, but...

August 1, 2024 • Emergency Ultrasound Section

ACEP Ultrasound Simulation Subcommittee Update

We're thrilled to present the latest update from the ACEP Ultrasound Simulation Subcommittee.

August 1, 2024 • Emergency Ultrasound Section

ACEP US Section Sonoguide Subcommittee Update

Just as a reminder Sonoguide is still around and going strong!

August 1, 2024 • Emergency Ultrasound Section

Navigating the Path to Success: Establishing the Jacobs School’s Student Ultrasound Program

In the dynamic realm of medical education, innovation and adaptability are crucial for preparing future healthcare professionals to excel in their chosen fields.

August 1, 2024 • Emergency Ultrasound Section

Lessons Learned from the First Years of the POCUS Certificate Program at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

By the time I joined the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine in 2015, it already had an established but limited POCUS program, including some exposure during the Gross Anatomy course, and two ...

August 1, 2024 • Emergency Ultrasound Section

Pearls and Pitfalls in Medical Education Research

Medical education research is a common form of research performed by ultrasound fellows and faculty.

August 1, 2024 • Emergency Ultrasound Section

Chair's Letter

The work of ACEP’s Ultrasound Section is incredible. A lot of our efforts this year have been to showcase the resources created by our subcommittees so that they are more accessible to you.

July 16, 2024 • Emergency Ultrasound Section

Decoding Critical Aortic Stenosis: A Guide to Spotting the Heart's Sneaky Traffic Jam with Ultrasound

John Bowling, DO, RDCS Robert Stenberg, MD, RDCS, RDMS Cleveland Clinic Akron General Your elderly patient that presented with syncope is having lower blood pressures now. Your young patient with a sy...

July 9, 2024 • Emergency Ultrasound Section

Ultrasound-Assisted Lumbar Puncture in Infants

Lumbar puncture (LP) is a common procedure in febrile or septic infants presented to the Emergency Department.

July 8, 2024 • Emergency Ultrasound Section

Advanced Echo Pocket Card Series: Regional Wall Motion Abnormality

A 52 year old healthy female presented to the ED in extremis with shortness of breath. Her initial vital signs were notable for T37.5ºC, HR 110, BP 70/40, RR 40, SpO2 of 89% on 15L.

July 8, 2024 • Emergency Ultrasound Section

Probing the Literature: Point-of-Care Ultrasound and Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy: Illuminating Possibilities in CRAO Diagnosis and Treatment

This week's Journal Club delved into CRAO (Central Retinal Artery Occlusion), exploring the potential of point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) for diagnosis and hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) as a treatm...

June 5, 2024 • Emergency Ultrasound Section

Handheld Ultrasound Market Round-up

Handheld ultrasounds are here to stay.

June 4, 2024 • Emergency Ultrasound Section

Cardiac Tamponade

A 72-year-old female presented to the emergency department with difficulty breathing. She reports that she has been having increasing shortness of breath while walking, and now can only walk a few ste...

June 3, 2024 • Emergency Ultrasound Section

P2 (PEM POCUS) Network

Pediatric emergency medicine (PEM) is a young subspecialty that is growing and changing quickly. Progress in PEM has generally followed developments in general emergency medicine while also advancing ...

June 3, 2024 • Emergency Ultrasound Section

Emergency Ultrasound Section Pediatric Subcommittee Update

Lumbar puncture (LP) is a common procedure in febrile or septic infants presented to the Emergency Department. Performing an LP can be challenging in infants, with failure rates as high as 65% among n...

June 3, 2024 • Emergency Ultrasound Section

Management of Handheld Ultrasound Devices in our Systemwide Ultrasound Program

As point-of-care ultrasound continues to become the imaging modality of choice for clinicians for all specialties, portable ultrasound devices, such as handheld ultrasound (US) devices have gained inc...

June 3, 2024 • Emergency Ultrasound Section

Disinfection

Love it or hate it, cleaning is a part of life - because we love it (and because it’s evidence-based) let’s talk about ultrasound machine cleaning.

May 29, 2024 • Emergency Ultrasound Section

POCUS on the Peds Side: A World of Its Own

Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) has been a topic of great interest, debate, and promise over the last few decades.

May 29, 2024 • Emergency Ultrasound Section

Growth of PEM POCUS Online Collaboratives & Resources

The development of pediatric emergency medicine (PEM) POCUS as a subfocus of emergency ultrasound started to formalize in the early 2000’s, with the first PEM providers graduating ultrasound fellowshi...

May 29, 2024 • Emergency Ultrasound Section

Chair's Letter

A colleague texted me last week to let me know a patient was sent to the emergency department by her nephrologist after he detected a pericardial effusion with tamponade using his handheld ultrasound ...

March 18, 2024 • Emergency Ultrasound Section

Clinical Ultrasound Fellowship Application Kit

Welcome to the ACEP Ultrasound Section's Fellowship Application Kit. This page is intended for interested residents aspiring to be clinical ultrasound fellows.

February 29, 2024 • Emergency Ultrasound Section

Probing the Literature National Journal Club: Ultrasonography in Sepsis

At this month’s journal club, we had the great pleasure of having Dr. Robert Ehrman MD as our guest speaker to present his research on the use of ultrasonography in managing patients with reduced ejec...

February 29, 2024 • Emergency Ultrasound Section

Probing the Literature National Journal Club: A Novel Approach to US-Guided Thoracostomy

Welcome to our summary of Probing the Literature National Journal Club, where we delve into the latest research and discussions in the field of point of care ultrasound.

February 29, 2024 • Emergency Ultrasound Section

Transcranial Doppler in the Emergency Department: A Clinical Application and Quick Reference

A middle-aged female presents to your Freestanding Emergency Department for growing confusion throughout the morning.

February 28, 2024 • Emergency Ultrasound Section

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