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  • 12 - Introduction to Bedside Ultrasound

  • from PART II - ULTRASOUND
  • Edited by J. Christian Fox, University of California, Irvine
  • Book:
    Clinical Emergency Radiology
    Published online:
    07 December 2009
    Print publication:
    29 September 2008, pp 203-208

  • Summary

    Nothing has generated as much change in emergency medicine in the past 15 years as the introduction of bedside ultrasound. This chapter presents an overview of the pathway for physicians to become skilled in the use of bedside sonography and the elements required to implement a bedside ultrasound program. The whole idea of ultrasound is to create interpretable pictures of internal anatomy, so that the primary goal is to select a machine that makes the best pictures possible. The most widely used training guidelines in emergency bedside ultrasound were published by the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) in 2001; they outline the type and amount of experience a physician needs to be considered competent in limited emergency ultrasound. A well-structured ultrasound program should have training and usage policies, and should be set up with cooperation and approval of the hospital governing body.