Ultrasound in Emergency Care

Adam Brooks, University of Nottingham Jim Connolly, Newcastle General Hospital Otto Chan, London Independent Hospital

Contributors. Preface. Ultrasound in Emergency Care CD Rom. 1 History of Ultrasound in Emergencies. 2 Principles and Physics of Ultrasound. 3 Image Acquisition and Artefacts. 4 Focused Assessment with Sonography for Trauma (FAST). 5 Ultrasound of the Chest. 6 Ultrasound Assessment of the Abdominal Aorta. 7 Abdominal Emergencies. 8 Beside Ultrasound as an Adjunct in the Evaluation of Critically Ill Patients. 9 Obstetric and Gynaecological Emergencies. 10 Soft Tissue Ultrasound. 11 Ultrasound for Bony Trauma. 12 Ultrasound for Venous Access. 13 Procedural Applications of Emergency Beside Ultrasound. 14 Ultrasound in Austere and Mass Casualty Settings. 15 Training in Emergency Ultrasound. Index.