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tangent
03-11-05, 19:49
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Ultrasound in emergency care /

Adam Brooks; Jim Connolly; Otto Chan
2004
English Book Book Internet Resource Internet Resource viii, 154 p. : ill. ; 31 cm. + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)
Malden, Mass. : BMJ Books, Blackwell Pub., ; ISBN: 0727917315 (alk. paper)

Contents

Contributors vii
Preface ix
1 History of ultrasound in emergencies 1
Ben Davies, Adam Brooks
2 The physics of ultrasound
Jim Connolly
3 Image acquisition and artefacts
Otto Chan
4 Focussed assessment with sonography for trauma (FAST)
Adam Brooks, M Gage Oschner Jr
5 Ultrasound of the chest
Douglas R Hamilton, Ashot Sargysan, Scott A Dulchavsky
6 Ultrasound assessment of the abdominal aorta
Simon England, Jim Connolly
7 Abdominal emergencies
Otto Chan
8 Bedside ultrasound as an adjunct in the evaluation of critically ill patients
Anthony J Dean
9 Obstetric and gynaecological emergencies
Andrew Loughney
10 Soft tissue ultrasound
Robert Cooper
11 Ultrasound for bony trauma
Adam Brooks, James L Williams
12 Ultrasound for venous access
Richard G McWilliams, Christopher Boyd
13 Procedural applications of emergency bedside ultrasound
Anthony J Dean
14 Ultrasound in austere and mass casualty settings
Leonard J King
15 Training issues and future development
Susie Hewitt, Michael R Marohn, David Wherry

Contributors
Christopher Boyd
Adam Brooks
Trauma Center at Penn, University of Pennsylvania, USA
Otto Chan
Royal London Hospital, London, UK
Jim Connolly
Newcastle General Hospital, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK
Robert Cooper
Ben Davies
Anthony J Dean
Scott A Dulchavsky
Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan and National Aeronautics and Space Administrator, Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas, USA
Simon England
Douglas R Hamilton
Wyle Laboratories, Houston, Texas, USA
Susie Hewitt
Leonard J King
Radiology Department, Royal Hospital Haslar, Gosport, Hampshire, UK
Andrew Loughney
Michael R Marohn
Richard G McWilliams
M Gage Oschner Jr
Ashot Sargysan
Wyle Laboratories, Houston, Texas, USA
David Wherry
James L Williams
Auckland Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand
Preface
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Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication: Medical emergencies Ultrasonic imaging, Emergency medicine Diagnosis, Wounds and Injuries ultrasonography, Emergency Treatment methods

Craig
03-11-05, 21:03
Its a good introduction to Emergency Ultrasound - not huge detail - but a good overview.

Now Tangent, stop posting and getting writing :whip1:

Craig



(have not seen)

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Ultrasound in emergency care /

Adam Brooks; Jim Connolly; Otto Chan
2004
English Book Book Internet Resource Internet Resource viii, 154 p. : ill. ; 31 cm. + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)
Malden, Mass. : BMJ Books, Blackwell Pub., ; ISBN: 0727917315 (alk. paper)

Contents

Contributors vii
Preface ix
1 History of ultrasound in emergencies 1
Ben Davies, Adam Brooks
2 The physics of ultrasound
Jim Connolly
3 Image acquisition and artefacts
Otto Chan
4 Focussed assessment with sonography for trauma (FAST)
Adam Brooks, M Gage Oschner Jr
5 Ultrasound of the chest
Douglas R Hamilton, Ashot Sargysan, Scott A Dulchavsky
6 Ultrasound assessment of the abdominal aorta
Simon England, Jim Connolly
7 Abdominal emergencies
Otto Chan
8 Bedside ultrasound as an adjunct in the evaluation of critically ill patients
Anthony J Dean
9 Obstetric and gynaecological emergencies
Andrew Loughney
10 Soft tissue ultrasound
Robert Cooper
11 Ultrasound for bony trauma
Adam Brooks, James L Williams
12 Ultrasound for venous access
Richard G McWilliams, Christopher Boyd
13 Procedural applications of emergency bedside ultrasound
Anthony J Dean
14 Ultrasound in austere and mass casualty settings
Leonard J King
15 Training issues and future development
Susie Hewitt, Michael R Marohn, David Wherry

Contributors
Christopher Boyd
Adam Brooks
Trauma Center at Penn, University of Pennsylvania, USA
Otto Chan
Royal London Hospital, London, UK
Jim Connolly
Newcastle General Hospital, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK
Robert Cooper
Ben Davies
Anthony J Dean
Scott A Dulchavsky
Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan and National Aeronautics and Space Administrator, Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas, USA
Simon England
Douglas R Hamilton
Wyle Laboratories, Houston, Texas, USA
Susie Hewitt
Leonard J King
Radiology Department, Royal Hospital Haslar, Gosport, Hampshire, UK
Andrew Loughney
Michael R Marohn
Richard G McWilliams
M Gage Oschner Jr
Ashot Sargysan
Wyle Laboratories, Houston, Texas, USA
David Wherry
James L Williams
Auckland Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand
Preface
<to follow>



Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication: Medical emergencies Ultrasonic imaging, Emergency medicine Diagnosis, Wounds and Injuries ultrasonography, Emergency Treatment methods