Mount Sinai Emergency Medicine Ultrasound

The ACEP Ultrasound Section hosted its annual Ultrasound Management Course on Friday October 14. This year’s course was organized by directors Vivek Tayal and Troy Foster and co-directors Rajesh Geria and Bret Nelson. Special thanks to ACEP organizers Marilyn Bromley and Julie Williams who were instrumental in putting the course together.

Over 125 participants registered for this full-day course which served as a whirlwind introduction to the operational aspects of emergency ultrasound. Participants interacted with each other as well as national ultrasound leader in small group breakout sessions covering topics such as quality assurance, image management systems, reimbursement issues, and others.

Faculty for the course (listed below) hailed from across the United States and brought enormous expertise to bear in their lectures and small group sessions.  We look forward to their continued involvement as the course expands. Planning has already begun for the next Ultrasound Management Course to be held at ACEP in Denver 2012!

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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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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.

Each fall, the Massachusetts General Hospital Emergency Department hosts their annual Bedside Ultrasound CME course. Mount Sinai’s own Bret Nelson joined an international faculty for this year’s offering.

Instructors from Boston, New York, Saudi Arabia, Spain, and Thailand covered emergency and critical care topics for the two-day course. The course is directed by Vicki Noble, MD, RDMS.

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