Wow. Really interesting article from Science Daily. This beats the GE VScan. Looks like it works with Microsoft Windows on smartphones, so not ready for iPhone…yet.
On May - 8 - 2010 news
ACEP and SAEM are now united in their support of the revision of ultrasound guidelines published by ACEP in 2008. See Dr. Moak’s comments below:
I am pleased to announce that the SAEM Board of Directors has endorsed the 2008 ACEP Ultrasound Guidelines. The vote was unanimous. This endorsement represents a very strong commitment to our aims as a community of emergency sonographers, and is congruent with our mission as educators and researchers in the field. I’d like to highlight the hard work of Dr. Vivek Tayal, the primary editor of the guidelines, and the many others who contributed. We are also grateful to Dr. Jeff Kline for his advocacy for this initiative among the membership of the SAEM BOD.
Best regards,
James
Chair, SAEM Ultrasound Interest Group
On April - 23 - 2010 news
Finally- a little recognition! We were named one of the top 50 continuing medical education blogs by Nurse E.D.U.
Although there is no mention that they were listed in any particular order, we will consider ourselves in the top 20 of that list since that’s where we fell.
Today, Nurse E.D.U.
Tomorrrow, The Huffington Post!
On April - 19 - 2010 news
Another beautiful sunny day. Although some people left for early flights back home, there was still some life left in the conference on Saturday.
Notable events included:
Sinai’s own Henrietta Rosenberg, MD, hosting a meet-the-professor session on sonography of the infant hip
EM/Critical Care track session on the ultrasound evaluation of dyspnea, featuring Anthony Dean, Paul Sierzenski, Vicki Noble, David Bahner, and Jim Tsung.
Scientific session on Emergency Sonography research in the afternoon
Just Images- cardiac ultrasound in the ED and ICU, including contributions by Chris Moore, Alexander Levitov, Jim Tsung, and Erika Kube.
San Diego 2010 Final Thoughts:
Bret:
The Transcranial Doppler session was great. The best part of the AIUM conferences for me is learning something new and getting outside of my comfort zone. The faculty for the TCD course made the technique look easy. Although you can’t hope to master a new clinical skill in an afternoon, I was inspired to learn more about this technique and how it could impact care in the ED.
Zsolt Garami, director of the TCD Center at Methodist Hospital in Houston, demonstrated the perfect blend of knowledge, technique, wit, and sarcasm to make for a fantastic experience!
Phil:
The Just Images sessions were really useful. Lots of great cases, and an excellent video of a pupillary reflex from Chris Moore.
Jim:
The coolest thing I saw was in one of the OB sessions- a 4D/3D plus real-time movie of an ultrasound guided needle sampling of fetal blood cells from an umbilical cord floating in the amniotic sac. That was pretty cool- and the future for ultrasound guided procedures.
On April - 2 - 2010 news
Another great day for the Emergency and Critical Care track.
8:15 head and neck US
9:45 Emergency and Critical Care Community of Practice meeting
Michael Blaivas was at the helm as the new Chair of the EM/CC community of practice. Bret Nelson was elected the incoming Secretary, and thus took notes. Apparently poor handwriting and the inability to touch type were not obstacles in the selection process.
11:00 clinical sonography – emergency sonography
1:30 transcranial Doppler session
This was an excellent session, with great hands-on instruction by experienced and enthusiastic instructors. They made everything look easy.
On April - 2 - 2010 news
