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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For those of you waiting with bated breath:

The Polish language translation of the Manual of Emergency and Critical Care Ultrasound is now available!

The book (by Vicki Noble, Bret Nelson, and Nicholas Sutingco) is now available in English, French, Russian and Polish. It was first published by Cambridge University Press in 2007. The book’s concise focus and many illustrations and images have made it quite popular with physicians worldwide, and additional translations are planned for the future.

Featuring a bold new cover design, the Russian language translation of the Manual of Emergency and Critical Care Ultrasound is now available!

This book marks the third language for the Manual, which was first published by Cambridge University Press in 2007. The book’s concise focus and many illustrations and images have made it quite popular with physicians worldwide, and additional translations are planned for the future.

Here’s a review from medGadget!

The Manual of Emergency and Critical Care Ultrasound is 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.
Topics include:

• Fundamentals
• Diagnostic ultrasound
  • Trauma ultrasound
  • Echocardiography
  • First trimester pregnancy evaluation
  • Abdominal aortic aneurysm
  • Renal and bladder sonography
  • Hepatobiliary evaluation
  • Deep vein thrombosis
  • Thoracic ultrasound
  • Ocular ultrasound
  • Musculoskeletal ultrasound
• Ultrasound for procedure guidance
  • Vascular access (central and peripheral veins)
  • Thoracentesis
  • Paracentesis
  • Arthrocentesis
  • Foreign body evaluation
  • Abscess management
  • Lumbar puncture