Tips for Performing Ultrasound-Guided Nerve Blocks in the Emergency Department
Ultrasound-guided nerve blocks are becoming an integral aspect of multimodal pain management in emergency departments. Ultrasound guidance…
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Tips for Performing Ultrasound-Guided Nerve Blocks in the Emergency Department
Ultrasound-guided nerve blocks are becoming an integral aspect of multimodal pain management in emergency departments. Ultrasound guidance... -
Easy Ultrasound Technique to Evaluate and Aspirate an Atraumatic Painful Wrist
Traditional landmarked-based wrist aspirations are difficult and often unsuccessful. Even in the hands of experienced rheumatologists who... -
How to Perform Resuscitative Transesophageal Echocardiography in the Emergency Department
Bedside transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) has become an invaluable tool in emergency and critical care medicine. Bedside assessment...
Easy Ultrasound Technique to Evaluate and Aspirate an Atraumatic Painful Wrist
Traditional landmarked-based wrist aspirations are difficult and often unsuccessful. Even in the hands of experienced rheumatologists who…
How to Perform Resuscitative Transesophageal Echocardiography in the Emergency Department
Bedside transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) has become an invaluable tool in emergency and critical care medicine. Bedside assessment…
How to Perform Ultrasound-Guided Interscalene Nerve Blocks
Ultrasound-guided single injection nerve blocks have become a valuable tool in the multimodal strategy for pain control…
Using Point-of-Care Ultrasound to Evaluate and Aspirate Ankle Infections
Septic arthritis of the ankle is an uncommon but devastating clinical entity representing 3 percent to 14…
Avoid These Two Common Femoral Nerve-Block Errors
In emergency medicine, the quality of pain management of the acutely injured patient has steadily matured over…
How To Perform an Ultrasound-Guided TAP Block for Appendicitis Pain
Over the past few years, emergency physicians have begun implementing multimodal strategies for acute pain, reducing the…
How to Effectively Block an Acutely Fractured Distal Radius
Distal radius fractures (commonly called Colles’ or Smith’s fractures) are often encountered in the emergency department, with…
How to Implement Ultrasound-Guided Nerve Blocks in Your ED
Ultrasound-guided nerve block (UGNB) is an extremely useful technique for emergency physicians as a multimodal approach to…
Introducing the CASA Exam: A New Protocol to Guide Point-Of-Care Ultrasound in Cardiac Arrest
Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) is a powerful diagnostic tool in the emergency department. To identify reversible causes of…