By
Justin Bowra, MBBS, FACEM, CCPU, Director of Emergency Medicine Training, Sydney Adventist Hospital; Senior Emergency Physician, Royal North Shore and
Sydney Adventist Hospitals; Senior Lecturer, University of Notre Dame Australia, Sydney, Australia
Russell McLaughlin, MB, BCH, BAO, FRCSI, MMedSci, FCEM, CFEU, Clinical Director, Emergency Department, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, UK
Description
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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