Determining a Need for Point-of-Care Ultrasound in Helicopter Emergency Medical Services Transport.

Objective: Point-of care-ultrasound (PoCUS) is useful in evaluating unstable emergency department patients. The portability of this technology increases its potential use in prehospital settings, including helicopter emergency medical services (HEMS) programs. Identifying useful applications may support implementing a PoCUS program that develops sonography skills for prehospital providers.

Emergency and critical care applications for contrast-enhanced ultrasound.

Introduction: Contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) using intravascular microbubbles has potential to revolutionize point-of-care ultrasonography by expanding the use of ultrasonography into clinical scenarios previously reserved for computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging, or angiography.

Methods: We performed a literature search and report clinical experience to provide an introduction to CEUS and describe its current applications for point-of-care indications.

Results: The uses of CEUS include several applications highly relevant for emergency medicine, such as solid-organ injuries, actively bleeding hematomas, or abdominal aortic aneurysms.

Development of a pilot family medicine hand-carried ultrasound course.

Background And Objectives: A hand-carried ultrasound training session was organized as an initial step in developing a long-term ultrasound education program for family medicine residents and faculty. Comparative effectiveness studies examining the potential benefits, risks, and any possible cost savings associated with this technology will be predicated on having a sufficient number of primary care physicians trained and able to use hand-carried ultrasounds as part of routine care. The proposed training described here is a first step toward this broader conversation and empirical study of hand-carried ultrasound use in family medicine.

Point-of-care ultrasound education: the increasing role of simulation and multimedia resources.

This article reviews the current technology, literature, teaching models, and methods associated with simulation-based point-of-care ultrasound training. Patient simulation appears particularly well suited for learning point-of-care ultrasound, which is a required core competency for emergency medicine and other specialties. Work hour limitations have reduced the opportunities for clinical practice, and simulation enables practicing a skill multiple times before it may be used on patients.

Screening for intimate partner violence in medical settings.

Intimate partner violence (IPV) is associated with negative health consequences. Universal screening for IPV offers many opportunities for successful intervention, yet this practice in medical settings is controversial. This article examines the potential impact of the U.

Competency-based strategies for injury control and prevention curriculums in undergraduate medical education.

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Domestic violence among male and female patients seeking emergency medical services.

Gender differences among a cohort of injured patients seeking emergency medical services were examined with respect to their experiences as perpetrators and/or victims of domestic violence. Contextual issues, including violence initiation, emotional and behavioral responses to partner-initiated violence, and injury frequency and severity were analyzed. Women reported male partner-initiated violence more frequently than men reported female partner-initiated violence.

Tissue harmonic imaging improves organ visualization in trauma ultrasound when compared with standard ultrasound mode.

Unlabelled: The focused abdominal sonography for trauma (FAST) examination is complicated by brightly lit trauma bays, limited time, and body habitus. Recently, new ultrasound (US) technology has become available that improves organ visualization in abdominal scans.

Objective: The hypothesis was that a new US mode, tissue harmonic (TH) imaging, improves visualization of critical organ relationships in the FAST examination by making use of previously unused frequencies.