This simple, jargon-free text fits in your pocket, providing an ‘on-the-spot’ guide to clinician-performed ultrasound in the emergency department, intensive care unit or in the field.
Written by an international team of experts and comprehensively updated in its third edition, Emergency Ultrasound Made Easy brings together in one volume the latest indications for focused ultrasound, including those related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The text is highly accessible and easy to use in an emergency. It is aimed at the rapidly expanding cohort of non-radiologist clinical sonographers who use focused ultrasound. However, its broad scope (for example using ultrasound in the rapid diagnosis of DVT) makes it an invaluable addition to the library of any doctor with an interest in the technique, whether in primary care or the hospital setting.
1. 1 Introduction - p. 1 2. 2 How ultrasound works - p. 5 3. 3 Abdominal aorta - p. 19 4. 4 Trauma and abdominal free fluid - p. 29 5. 5 Lung and thorax - p. 45 6. 6 Focused cardiac ultrasound and shock protocols - p. 61 7. 7 Renal tract - p. 83 8. 8 The biliary tree and the gastrointestinal tract - p. 97 9. 9 Early pregnancy - p. 119 10. 10 Ultrasound-guided procedures - p. 133 11. 11 Nerve blocks - p. 155 12. 12 Deep vein thrombosis - p. 175 13. 13 Musculoskeletal and soft tissues - p. 189 14. 14 Use of ultrasound for small anatomic structures - p. 207 15. 15 Paediatric ultrasound - p. 225 16. 16 Emergency ultrasound in prehospital medicine - p. 241 17. Appendix: Resources and further reading - p. 247 18. Index - p. 249
This simple, jargon-free text fits in your pocket, providing an ‘on-the-spot’ guide to clinician-performed ultrasound in the emergency department, intensive care unit or in the field.
Written by an international team of experts and comprehensively updated in its third edition, Emergency Ultrasound Made Easy brings together in one volume the latest indications for focused ultrasound, including those related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The text is highly accessible and easy to use in an emergency. It is aimed at the rapidly expanding cohort of non-radiologist clinical sonographers who use focused ultrasound. However, its broad scope (for example using ultrasound in the rapid diagnosis of DVT) makes it an invaluable addition to the library of any doctor with an interest in the technique, whether in primary care or the hospital setting.
1. 1 Introduction - p. 1 2. 2 How ultrasound works - p. 5 3. 3 Abdominal aorta - p. 19 4. 4 Trauma and abdominal free fluid - p. 29 5. 5 Lung and thorax - p. 45 6. 6 Focused cardiac ultrasound and shock protocols - p. 61 7. 7 Renal tract - p. 83 8. 8 The biliary tree and the gastrointestinal tract - p. 97 9. 9 Early pregnancy - p. 119 10. 10 Ultrasound-guided procedures - p. 133 11. 11 Nerve blocks - p. 155 12. 12 Deep vein thrombosis - p. 175 13. 13 Musculoskeletal and soft tissues - p. 189 14. 14 Use of ultrasound for small anatomic structures - p. 207 15. 15 Paediatric ultrasound - p. 225 16. 16 Emergency ultrasound in prehospital medicine - p. 241 17. Appendix: Resources and further reading - p. 247 18. Index - p. 249
