Emergency Ultrasound Made Easy

Author: By Justin Bowra, MBBS FACEM, Director of Emergency Medicine Training, Department of Emergency Medicine, Liverpool Hospital, Sydney, Australia; and Russell McLaughlin, MB, FRCSI, FFAEM, MMedSci, Consultant in Emergency Medicine, Ulster Hospital, Belfast, UK

Emergency Ultrasound Made Easy

Publisher: Churchill Livingstone

Pages: 180

ISBN: 9780443101502

This book is a pocket-sized, practical introduction and ready reference to focused ultrasound (USS) in the Emergency Department. USS is a safe, rapid imaging technique, however, it is only in recent years that its role has emerged in the field of Emergency Medicine. In this context, limited Emergency USS is used to answer very specific questions, such as the presence or absence of AAA (abdominal aortic aneurysm), or of free fluid (such as blood) in the abdomen after trauma. Unlike other imaging modalities (eg CT scan) it is a rapid technique that can 'come to the patient'. The book explains the indications for, and use of, limited USS. Importantly it also explains its limitations.

 

 

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