Emergency Ultrasound Newsroom

April 27, 2023 • Emergency Ultrasound Section

Chair's Letter

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.

April 27, 2023 • Emergency Ultrasound Section

The AEMUS Focused Practice Designation: Updates and Lessons Learned

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...

April 27, 2023 • Emergency Ultrasound Section

Advanced Critical Care Echocardiography: An Expiring Pathway to Certification for Emergency Physicians

The scope of cardiovascular ultrasound in Emergency Medicine (EM) has evolved considerably over the past few decades.

April 27, 2023 • Emergency Ultrasound Section

Advanced Echo Pocket Card Series #2: Diastolic Dysfunction

69-year old male with history of hypertension, diabetes, squamous cell carcinoma of larynx status post chemotherapy, radiation, total laryngectomy, tracheostomy dependence, and status post renal trans...

April 27, 2023 • Emergency Ultrasound Section

The Literature Canon Project: Behind the Curtains

How did we, a meager fellow education subcommittee, end up sifting through hundreds of papers every month? Well, let us tell you the story . . .

April 27, 2023 • Emergency Ultrasound Section

Point-of-Care Ultrasound Research: Unlocking the Secrets to Productivity and Partnership

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...

April 27, 2023 • Emergency Ultrasound Section

Sono Hot Seat with Chris Fox: On Departmental Leadership

J. Chris Fox MD, FACEP, University of California – Irvine Questions posed by Stephen Alerhand, MD

April 27, 2023 • Emergency Ultrasound Section

Sono Hot Seat with Michael Blaivas: On Clinical Innovation and Artificial Intelligence in POCUS

Michael Blaivas, MD, MBA, FACEP, University of South Carolina School of Medicine Questions posed by Stephen Alerhand, MD

April 26, 2023 • Emergency Ultrasound Section

ACEP EUS Critical Care Subcommittee Update

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.

April 26, 2023 • Emergency Ultrasound Section

ACEP EUS Pediatric Subcommittee Update

The Peds Subcommittee aims to provide a robust pediatrics presence throughout the ACEP EUS.

April 26, 2023

ACEP EUS Resident Education Subcommittee Update

The ACEP EUS Resident Education subcommittee has been buzzing with a few active projects. They’re still in growth stage and we welcome anyone who is interested to join an existing project, or pitch a ...

April 26, 2023 • Emergency Ultrasound Section

ACEP EUS Research Subcommittee Update

The ACEP Ultrasound Section Research Subcommittee has been active with exciting projects over the course of the last year. We would like to thank again Dr. Anne Messman, Dr. Mike Gottlieb and Dr. Di C...

January 20, 2023 • Emergency Ultrasound Section

Chair's Letter

Welcome to the first newsletter of 2023! It is my privilege and honor to serve as the new ACEP Emergency Ultrasound Section Chair.

January 20, 2023 • Emergency Ultrasound Section

Oh, the Places You'll Go: System-Wide Point of Care Ultrasound

Are you incessantly getting asked by other specialties to help them set up the well-oiled machine that is your EM POCUS program? Hospital administrators asking how the ED built an accountable and sust...

January 20, 2023 • Emergency Ultrasound Section

Motion of the HOCean: A Clinical Case of Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy (HOCM)

An otherwise healthy 18-year-old male presents to the emergency department (ED) via ambulance after a syncopal episode while playing basketball this morning.

January 20, 2023 • Emergency Ultrasound Section

Diagnosis of Tibial Tubercle Fracture on Point-of-Care-Ultrasound

A tibial tubercle fracture is an uncommon pediatric fracture accounting for < 1% of epiphyseal fractures and 3% of proximal tubercle avulsion fractures.

January 19, 2023 • Emergency Ultrasound Section

A call for awareness… DEI in Clinical Ultrasonography

There is growing evidence that racial disparities exist in the United States healthcare system. As it stands, underrepresented minorities make up 33% of the United States population.

January 19, 2023 • Emergency Ultrasound Section

Ultrasound Research Part Three: Publication Pearls and Pitfalls

Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) research is vital to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy and clinical application of POCUS, to advance the field of ultrasound, and to inform future innovations. Publicat...

September 12, 2022 • Emergency Ultrasound Section

Chair’s Letter

Our excellent quarterly ACEP Section newsletter is again coming to you filled with POCUS articles from our amazing team.

September 12, 2022 • Emergency Ultrasound Section

Cardiac Tamponade and Ultrasound-Guided Pericardiocentesis

Cardiac tamponade is an uncommon yet important diagnosis to make in the emergency department (ED). It results from an acute or subacute pericardial effusion accumulating under pressure, which prevents...

September 12, 2022 • Emergency Ultrasound Section

Ultrasound-Guided Superficial Cervical Plexus Block

A 73-year-old female presents to the emergency department (ED) with right-sided clavicular pain.

September 12, 2022 • Emergency Ultrasound Section

Cases That Count: Whirlpool Sign in Testicular Torsion

A previously well 14-year-old boy developed abdominal pain radiating to the right hemiscrotum 2 weeks prior to evaluation in the emergency department (ED).

September 12, 2022 • Emergency Ultrasound Section

Urine Trouble: Tricky Bladder Mimics

A 13-year-old previously healthy female with no past medical history presented with 4 days of right lower quadrant pain.

September 12, 2022 • Emergency Ultrasound Section

Ultrasound Research Part Two: Study Development

In the last newsletter, we talked about finding a niche and mentor. Now, we will get into some of the details about developing your study and helpful hints for accomplishing this.

September 12, 2022 • Emergency Ultrasound Section

Recommendations Regarding Probe Covers and Gel Types for Procedures and Non-Intact Skin

It’s been a shaky, few years on the probe cover front and a great deal of progress has been made.

May 25, 2022 • Emergency Ultrasound Section

From the Chair

Welcome to my first Chair Newsletter of the year. I am very excited to receive the baton from the amazing Dr. Penny Lema and try to continue the great work for which the Emergency Ultrasound Section a...

May 25, 2022 • Emergency Ultrasound Section

Understanding IT Speak 101

It is not uncommon to find talking to your hospital’s IT department to be both frustrating and confusing.

May 25, 2022 • Emergency Ultrasound Section

How to Diagnose Appendicitis in a Child

A 14-year-old female with a past medical history of anxiety and bipolar disorder presented to the emergency department with constant, sharp, non-radiating right lower quadrant abdominal pain.

May 25, 2022 • Emergency Ultrasound Section

Ultrasound Research Mini-Series Part One: Introduction to Ultrasound Research

The aim of part one is to introduce readers to the importance of research, identifying a research niche, and finding a mentor.

May 25, 2022 • Emergency Ultrasound Section

Hot Topic: Point-of-Care Ultrasound Scholarly Tracks

Residency scholarly tracks are educational programs, designed to help trainees develop an area of expertise.