Ultrasound

• Changes in Emergency Ultrasound

  In this episode, Jessica Fujimoto, MD, and Mark Magee, MD FAAEM, discuss changes in emergency ultrasound. Dr. Fujimoto is Chief resident at Temple University Hospital, and past AAEM/RSA Vice President and Dr. Magee is the Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine and faculty in the division of care ultrasound at Thomas Jefferson University, as well as the AAEM […]
• Resident Journal Review: Bedside Ultrasound for the Diagnosis of Pneumonia

  Authors: Ted Segarra, MD; Taylor Conrad, MD; Rithvik Balakrishnan, MD; Taylor M. Douglas, MDEditors: Kami Hu, MD FAAEM and Kelly Maurelus, MD FAAEMOriginally published: Common Sense March/April 2019 Respiratory distress is a common presentation in both the pediatric and adult emergency department (ED). Community acquired pneumonia (CAP) is a common cause for this distress, and […]
• Rapid Estimation of Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction with Ultrasound

  Image Credit: Wikimedia   This post was peer reviewed.Click to learn more.   Author: Bill Christian, MS-4 Ross University School of MedicineAAEM/RSA Publications and Social Media Committee Rapid assessment of the left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) may be critical for the emergency physician. Imagine a patient comes into your emergency department (ED) with acute dyspnea. […]
• Carotid Doppler Ultrasound and Passive Leg Raise to Predict Fluid Responsiveness

  Image Credit: Wikimedia   This post was peer reviewed.Click to learn more. Author: Jake Toy, DO PGY1 Emergency Medicine, Harbor UCLA Medical Center Modern Resident Blog Editor-in-Chief Background The management of intravascular volume in critically ill patients is a challenge we face daily in the emergency department (ED). Since the beginning of our training, hypotension […]
• Applications, Barriers, and Future of Point of Care Ultrasound in Limited Resource Communities

  Image Source: Wikimedia This post was peer reviewed.Click to learn more. Author: Janette Magallanes, MS4 Medical Student Indiana University School of Medicine The most common use of point-of-care ultrasound (PoCUS) in the emergency department (ED) is in evaluating trauma patients by assessing for pericardial effusion, pneumothorax, and intra-abdominal hemorrhage. The advantage in such acute settings […]
• Point-of-Care Ultrasound

  Image Credit: Flickr Author: Aaron C. Tyagi, MDVice-Chair, RSA Social Media Committee Originally Published: Common Sense March/April 2017 It is the start of your shift. You are just starting to get settled in after taking sign-out, when one of the nurses comes over and says he needs a physician in room 22 immediately! You enter […]
• Ocular Ultrasound: Unavoidably Essential

  Author: Peter Malamet OMS- IVPhiladelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine This post was peer reviewed. Click to learn more. Recently, I heard a quote that has summarized a large part of the emergency medicine practice I have experienced thus far. My attending said, “In a few years, ultrasound will be the new stethoscope.” What he was […]

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