2019 Emergency Department Ultrasounds 
ALiEM
AUGUST 9, 2023
Read this tutorial on the use of point of care ultrasonography (POCUS) for pediatric lung ultrasound. Take the ALiEMU PEM POCUS: Pediatric Lung Ultrasound Quiz Module Goals List indications for performing a pediatric lung point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS). Describe the technique for performing lung POCUS.
ALiEM
APRIL 12, 2023
You set up everything, have the patient positioned, and then notice there is no sterile ultrasound gel. The trick is to eliminate anything of poor acoustic impedance between the ultrasound probe and the patient’s skin. Note that some ultrasound manufacturers do not recommend the use of isopropyl alcohol on their transducers.
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ACEP Now
MAY 9, 2024
When seven South Florida gluteal AFT patients died tragically in one year alone, the Florida Board of Medicine issued an emergency regulation restricting fat injection to the subcutaneous space rather than injecting into muscle. 7 The impact of this latest set of regulations on the complication rate has yet to be reported. units per patient.
Taming the SRU
OCTOBER 23, 2023
THE CASE A female in her early 20s, G4P2012, presents to the emergency department (ED) with a 5 day history of left lower quadrant abdominal pain which has been worsening since onset. A bedside ultrasound is completed to assess the location of the pregnancy. She reports that her previous ectopic pregnancy was treated medically.
Downeast Emergency Medicine
FEBRUARY 14, 2023
THE CASE A 13-year-old boy is seen in the Emergency Department (ED) for a cough. Credits: Andrew fried, md A point-of-care lung ultrasound is performed, with the following findings on the left lung fields. Point of Care Ultrasound of the Left Lung Fields. Point of Care Ultrasound of the Left Lung Fields.
ACEP Now
MAY 10, 2024
A 59-year-old man presents to your community emergency department (ED) with chest pain that is radiating to his back. Acad Emerg Med. Ultrasonographers: POCUS was performed by PGY1–PGY3 emergency medicine residents. They received a four-hour introductory course taught by emergency ultrasound faculty.
Cook County EM Blog
MARCH 28, 2023
The Case: The patient is a 61-year-old male with non-insulin dependent diabetes, hypertension, coronary artery disease status post CABG in 2019 who presented with blurry vision of the left eye after being hit on the face with a blunt object by his roommate approximately ten days prior to presentation. Intraocular pressures were unremarkable.
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