Emergency Ultrasound Principles and Practice

Description
Emergency Ultrasound: Protocols and Practice provides the information
you need to successfully perform ultrasound in the emergency
department. The book is designed to serve as a quick reference tool,
offering bulleted text, color-coded anatomical drawings, and plenty
of images to help you understand which images are important and how
to get them.



Key Features

*Templated protocol chapters cover initial approach, anatomy,
techniques for capturing both still images and video images, and
images that show landmarks, good positioning, and poor positioning.

*Anatomical color coding is consistent throughout the book, allowing
readers to quickly understand correct probe placement.

*Protocols are specifically written to cover both still and video
recording of ultrasound.




- Contents-

Chapter 1. Introduction to Protocols
Chapter 2. Basic Probe Movement
Chapter 3. FAST Protocol
Chapter 4. Aorta Protocol
Chapter 5. Gallbladder Protocol
Chapter 6. Renal Protocol
Chapter 7. 1rst Trimester Uterus Protocol
Chapter 8. Cardiac Protocol
Chapter 9. Lower Extremity
Chapter 10. Testicle
Chapter 11. Ovarian
Chapter 12. Ocular
Chapter 13. Orthopedic Ultrasound
Chapter 14. Nonprotocol-driven Ultrasound
Chapter 15. Procedures












- Information-

Romolo Joseph Gaspari, MD, MSc, FACEP, RDMS, Assistant Professor,
Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Massachusetts School
of Medicine, Worcester, MA, USA; J. Christian Fox, MD, RDMS, FAAEM,
Assistant Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine, Director of
Emergency Ultrasound, Department of Emergency Medicine. University of
California, Irvine Medical Center, Orange, CA, USA; and Paul R.
Sierzenski, MD, RDMS, FAAEM, Director, Emergency Medicine Ultrasound,
Director, Emergency Ultrasound Fellowship, Department of Emergency
Medicine, Christiana Care Health System, Newark, DE, USA