Mount Sinai Emergency Medicine Ultrasound

The Manual of Emergency and Critical Care Ultrasound, 2nd Edition is now available from Cambridge University Press and major booksellers. The book details evidence-based protocols for the use of bedside ultrasound in the acute and critical care setting, as well as step-by-step guides for using ultrasound in procedures. It is ideally suited for emergency physicians and intensivists interested in basic or advanced applications of ultrasound.

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Once again our annual ultrasound course in Ponte Vedra was a great success! Participants got an early start on the Clinical Decision Making in Emergency Medicine symposium by honing their ultrasound skills at our pre-conference course.

Nationally recognized faculty joined course director Bret Nelson in covering critical care applications of ultrasound, including:

• Rapid Ultrasound in Shock/Hypotension (RUSH)
• Cardiac ultrasound
• Pneumothorax assessment
• Central and peripheral venous access

We are grateful to Petra Duran, MD, RDMS and her residents for arranging the logistics of the conference. In addition, Anthony Weekes, MD, RDMS, RCS, Vivek Tayal, MD, and Joseph Wood, MD, JD, RDMS who rounded out our all-star faculty.

References for the various hypotension evaluations mentioned in the course follow after the break.

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Our annual ultrasound CME conference held on March 7 was a great success!

Faculty, fellows and PAs from a number of institutions took part in our seventh annual conference.

Topics included ultrasound for airway, breathing, circulation, disability and procedures.

Great lectures by Sinai’s Emergency Medicine faculty were followed by an intensive hands-on scanning session.

Aditional information on lectures:

• Jim Tsung, MD, MPH: USAirway&Breathing-Tsung2011
• Scott Weingart, MD: Rapid Ultrasound in Shock/Hypotension (RUSH)

The Emergency Ultrasound Fellowship at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine is built upon a foundation of clinical excellence, cutting-edge research, administrative experience, and education.

We are pleased to offer a wide array of experiences to maximize the learning environment and expose the fellow to meaningful clinical and research opportunities.

For more information see the ultrasound fellowship page.

All right, this is only indirectly ultrasound – but Haru Okuda and Bret Nelson have published this great new book:
Emergency Medicine Oral Board Review Illustrated (Cambridge Clinical Guides)

The book features more than 100 cases derived from the Model of Clinical Practice of Emergency Medicine, with an emphasis on EKGs, CT scans, x-rays, and ultrasounds. Almost 300 illustrations complement the cases and highlight visual stimuli commonly encountered on the boards

There are chapters on approaching the oral board examination, pediatric pearls and pitfalls, common ED presentations and their management, procedure guidance, and hundreds of images to review.

Reviews:

“If preparation for the oral board exam by simulation is your goal, I would definitely suggest this book; I know that I will be using it.”

-Academic Emergency Medicine 2010