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...visualize stones... ...locate ovarian cysts... ...get immediate answers when you need them... ...rule out DVTs in five minutes... ...diagnose ectopic pregnancies and abdominal aortic aneurysms in minutes... ...save time and money... |
About Emergency Medicine Ultrasound
Ultrasound is now part of the standard emergency medicine curriculum and is found on both the inservice and board examinations. Its use is supported by both the U.S. Health Care Finance Administration and many HMOs such as Kaiser Permanente. Ultrasound has many applications in the emergency department, trauma bay and private offices. Ultrasonography of the gallbladder for visualization of stones, renal ultrasounds for hydronephrosis, endovaginal ultrasound to confirm live intrauterine pregnancies or ovarian cysts are simple tests that can save time and money. Overburdened radiology units can rarely give you the immediate answers you want and need. Lower extremity duplex ultrasonography to rule out DVT can be done in less than five minutes. No longer will you have to admit patients while they await a vascular study the next day. Putting patients on heparin while they await a study costs money and places them at risk for bleeding. The accuracy of a rapid lower extremity ultrasound approaches 97% or greater. In a life threatening situation, time delays are unacceptable and definitive diagnosis of abdominal aortic aneurysm, pericardial effusion, ruptured ectopic pregnancy cannot wait. All of these can be diagnosed in only minutes with your own ultrasound examination. Resuscitations in cardiac arrest are no longer a mystery. You can visualize the heart and evaluate for effusion and cardiac activity. |
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ltrasound is a growing subspecialty of emergency medicine that is quickly becoming the standard of care in the United States. The benefits of ultrasound have been documented in the emergency medicine literature. The best way to learn emergency medicine ultrasonography is from other emergency medicine physicians experienced in the field.
