GEMC:Ultrasonography in Emergency Medicine

General

This the main page for the Global Emergency Medicine Curriculum Project's Ultrasonography in Emergency Medicine section. For point of care treatment information see the respective category page and non-GEMC notes.

Overview and Physics of Ultrasound

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Rosen’s Emergency Medicine: Concepts and Clinical Practice, 7th ed.

  • Chapter 197: Emergency Ultrasound

Tintinalli’s Emergency Medicine, 7th ed.

  • Chapter e299.4. Emergency Ultrasonography

Emergency Ultrasound. John O. Ma, James R. Mateer, and Michael Blaivas. McGraw-Hill, 2008.

  • Chapter 3: Physics and Image Artifacts

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eFAST

Extended Focused Assessment for Sonography in Trauma

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Emergency Ultrasound. John O. Ma, James R. Mateer, and Michael Blaivas. McGraw-Hill, 2008.

  • Chapter 5: Trauma

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Cardiac

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Emergency Ultrasound. John O. Ma, James R. Mateer, and Michael Blaivas. McGraw-Hill, 2008.

  • Chapter 6: Cardiac

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Chest and Lung

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Aorta

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Emergency Ultrasound. John O. Ma, James R. Mateer, and Michael Blaivas. McGraw-Hill, 2008.

  • Chapter 7: Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm

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Shock and Volume Assessment

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Hepato-biliary

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Emergency Ultrasound. John O. Ma, James R. Mateer, and Michael Blaivas. McGraw-Hill, 2008.

  • Chapter 8: Hepatobilary

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Renal

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Emergency Ultrasound. John O. Ma, James R. Mateer, and Michael Blaivas. McGraw-Hill, 2008.

  • Chapter 10: Renal

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Early Pregnancy

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Emergency Ultrasound. John O. Ma, James R. Mateer, and Michael Blaivas. McGraw-Hill, 2008.

  • Chapter 12: First Trimester Pregnancy

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Deep Venous Thrombosis

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Emergency Ultrasound. John O. Ma, James R. Mateer, and Michael Blaivas. McGraw-Hill, 2008.

  • Chapter 15: Lower Extremity Deep Vein Thrombosis

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Vascular Access

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Emergency Ultrasound. John O. Ma, James R. Mateer, and Michael Blaivas. McGraw-Hill, 2008.

  • Chapter 19: Vascular Access

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Gibson, F., and A. Bodenham. Misplaced central venous catheters: applied anatomy and practical management. BJA: British Journal of Anaesthesia 110.3 (2013): 333-346. https://academic.oup.com/bja/article/110/3/333/249469

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Procedural

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Emergency Ultrasound. John O. Ma, James R. Mateer, and Michael Blaivas. McGraw-Hill, 2008.

  • Chapter 20: Additional Ultrasound-Guided Proceedures

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Testicular

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Emergency Ultrasound. John O. Ma, James R. Mateer, and Michael Blaivas. McGraw-Hill, 2008.

Chapter 11: Testicular

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Soft Tissue and Musculoskeletal

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Emergency Ultrasound. John O. Ma, James R. Mateer, and Michael Blaivas. McGraw-Hill, 2008.

Chapter 16: Soft Tissue

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Ocular

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Emergency Ultrasound. John O. Ma, James R. Mateer, and Michael Blaivas. McGraw-Hill, 2008.

  • Chapter 17: Ocular Ultrasound

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ENT

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Pediatric

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General

FAST

Pulmonary

  • Tsung, James W., David O. Kessler, and Vaishali P. Shah. "Prospective application of clinician-performed lung ultrasonography during the 2009 H1N1 influenza A pandemic: distinguishing viral from bacterial pneumonia." Critical ultrasound journal 4.1 (2012): 1-10.http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/2036-7902-4-16#page-1

Appendicitis

  • Russell, W. Scott, Abigail M. Schuh, Jeanne G. Hill, Andre Hebra, Robert A. Cina, Charles D. Smith, and Christian J. Streck. "Clinical practice guidelines for pediatric appendicitis evaluation can decrease computed tomography utilization while maintaining diagnostic accuracy." Pediatric emergency care 29, no. 5 (2013): 568-573. http://www.slredultrasound.com/Filesandpictures/Peds18.pdf
  • Quigley, Alan J., and Samuel Stafrace. "Ultrasound assessment of acute appendicitis in paediatric patients: methodology and pictorial overview of findings seen." Insights into imaging 4, no. 6 (2013): 741-751. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13244-013-0275-3/fulltext.html

Procedural

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