ACEP’s new guidelines also focus on the role of the ultrasound director, proper documentation for emergency ultrasound, the quality assurance process for an emergency ultrasound program, and risk management in emergency ultrasound. Finally, the guidelines also outline evidence and research in emergency ultrasound.

There are tremendous resources in these new guidelines, as well as explicit explanations and an assertive but clear spirit of the growth, depth, and maturity of emergency ultrasound.

ACEP’s new emergency ultrasound guidelines (presented in a 38-page pdf file) are available at www.acep.org by clicking on “practice resources,” then “issues by category.”

Dr. Tayal is a past chair of the ACEP Emergency Ultrasound Section.