Featuring contributions from internationally recognized experts in point-of-care sonography, Emergency Point-of-Care Ultrasound, Second Edition combines a wealth of images with clear, succinct text to help beginners, as well as experienced sonographers, develop and refine their sonography skills.The book contains chapters devoted to scanning the chest, abdomen, head and neck, and extremities, as well as paediatric evaluations, ultrasound-guided vascular access, and more. An entire section is devoted to the syndromic approach for an array of symptoms and patient populations, including chest and abdominal pain, respiratory distress, HIV and TB coinfected patients, and pregnant patients. Also included is expert guidance on administering ultrasound in a variety of challenging environments, such as communities and regions with underdeveloped healthcare systems, hostile environments, and cyberspace.Each chapter begins with an introduction to the focused scan under discussion and a detailed description of methods for obtaining useful images. This is followed by examples of normal and abnormal scans, along with discussions of potential pitfalls of the technique, valuable insights from experienced users, and summaries of the most up-to-date evidence.Emergency Point-of-Care Ultrasound, Second Edition is a valuable working resource for emergency medicine residents and trainees, practitioners who are just bringing ultrasound scanning into their practices, and clinicians with many years of sonographic experience.

List_of_Contributors_xAbout the Companion Website xviiIntroduction: What is Point-of-Care Ultrasound? 1James A. Connolly, Anthony J. Dean, Beatrice Hoffmann and Robert D. JarmanPart 1 Physics 51 How Does Ultrasound Work? 7Heather VenablesPart 2 Ultrasound by Region 13Thorax 142 Evaluation of the Chest Wall, Pleura and Lung 15Gebhard Mathis and Anthony J. Dean3 Point-of-Care Ultrasonography of the Thoracic Aorta 32R. Andrew Taylor and Christopher L. Moore4 Anatomy/Ultrasonography of the Heart 39Conn Russell5 Basic Point-of-Care Echocardiography: Interpretation and Haemodynamic Assessment 47Craig Morris6 Beyond Basic Point-of-Care Echocardiography 56Sean BennettAbdomen 697 Ultrasound Assessment of the Abdominal Aorta in the Acute Setting 71Simon Richards8 Focussed Assessment with Sonography in Trauma - The FAST Exam 83Rajat Gangahar9 Advanced Gastrointestinal Ultrasound: Identifying Appendicitis, Pneumoperitoneum, Intussusception and Diverticulitis 101Beatrice Hoffmann and Sara Damewood10 Intravascular Volume Assessment by Ultrasound Evaluation of the Inferior Vena Cava 115Anthony J. Dean11 Emergency Ultrasound in First-Trimester Pregnancy 126Andrew M. Kestler and John L. Kendall12 Second- and Third-Trimester Pregnancy 143Elena Skomorovsky, John Gullett and David C. Pigott13 Gynaecological Ultrasound in Emergency Medicine: The Non-Pregnant Female Patient with Abdomino-Pelvic Pain 152Martha Villalba and Michael Lambert14 Focused Hepatobiliary Ultrasound 162Resa Lewiss15 Renal Ultrasound 175Lisa Munro Davies16 Ultrasound Evaluation of the Acute Scrotum 194J. Matthew FieldsExtremities 20317 The Lower Limb and the Upper Limb 205David Lewis and John Gullett18 Ultrasonography of Deep Venous Thrombosis 221Joshua S. Rempell and Vicki E. Noble19 Transcranial Doppler 233John Gullett20 Ocular Ultrasound 241Anumeha Singh and Dietrich von Kuenssberg Jehle21 Airway/Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) Sonography 251Barton Brown and Srikar AdhikariPart 3 Paediatrics 25922 Paediatric Musculoskeletal Point-of-Care Ultrasound 261Paul Atkinson and Peter Ross23 Point-of-Care Ultrasound in Paediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care 270Mahmoud A. Elbarbary24 Paediatric Abdominal Ultrasound 280Jennifer R. MarinPart 4 Adjunct to Practical Procedures 28725 Ultrasound-Guided Vascular Access 289Nova L. Panebianco26 Pericardiocentesis, Paracentesis and Thoracentesis 296David B. Richards27 Suprapubic Aspiration and Catheterisation 302Fernando Silva28 Ultrasound in the Management of Fractures 307Paul Atkinson and Peter Ross29 Ultrasound-Guided (USG) Peripheral Nerve Block (PNB) 314Jens Børglum and Kenneth Jensen30 Foreign Body and Abscess 331Erskine J. Holmes31 Ultrasound of the Airway 337Christopher T. Wall, Seth R. Strote, Liberty V. Caroon and Robert F. ReardonPart 5 Syndromic Approach 34732 Chest Pain and Dyspnea 349Lawrence A. Melniker33 Bedside Ultrasound as an Adjunct in the Evaluation and Management of Critically Ill Patients 355Anthony J. Dean and Sarah A. Stahmer34 Point-of-Care Ultrasound in Resuscitation and Cardiac Arrest: The FEEL Protocol 371Elena Costantini, Peter M. Zechner, Frank Heringer, Colleen Cuca, Felix Walcher and Raoul Breitkreutz35 Non-Invasive Haemodynamics 375Erik Sloth, Christian Alcaraz Frederiksen and Peter Juhl-Olsen36 Doppler Assessment of Haemodynamics 379Brendan E. Smith and Veronica M. Madigan37 Algorithmic Bedside Approach to the Major Trauma Patient in Extremis 386Robert Arntfield and Andrew W. Kirkpatrick38 A Syndromic Approach with Sonography to the Patient with Abdominal Pain 392Jonathan Fischer and Pablo Aguillera39 A Syndromic Approach to the Pregnant Patient 400Joseph Wood40 The Use of Ultrasound in Evaluating Dyspnoea/Respiratory Distress in Infants and Children 404Roberto Copetti and Luigi Cattarossi41 Point-of-Care Ultrasound for Human Immune-Deficiency Virus (HIV) and Tuberculosis (TB) Co-Infection: The FASH Scan 410Hein Lamprecht42 Fever and Ultrasound 418Gabriel Simon and Beatrice HoffmannPart 6 Different Environments 42343 The Role of Ultrasound in Pre-Hospital Care 425Tim Harris, Adam Bystrzycki and Stefan M. MazurAppendix A1: Selected Protocols for Cardiac and Critical Care Ultrasound 44044 Use of Ultrasound in Extreme or Hostile Environments (Online only) 454Kenton Anderson45 Setting Up an Ultrasound Programme in Underdeveloped Healthcare Systems (Online only) 462Hein Lamprecht and John SloanPart 7 Administration (Online only) 47146 Best Practice and Future Developments in Point-of-Care Ultrasound (Online only) 473Robert D. Jarman47 The Role of Phantoms and Simulation in Teaching Ultrasound Skills in Emergency Medicine (Online only) 479Mike Wells and Lara Goldstein48 Ultrasound in Undergraduate Medical Education (Online only) 487Richard A. Hoppmann49 Departmental Implementation: Setting up an Ultrasound Training Programme for Medical Students - Experience of Two Universities (Online only) 493David C. Wherry and Mark W. Bowyer50 Future of Point-of-Care Ultrasound (Online only) 503Michael BlaivasAppendix A2: Normal Ultrasound Values (Online only) 506Phil JohnstoneIndex 511