Emergency Ultrasound Made Easy This simple, jargon-free text fits in your pocket, providing an ‘on-the-spot’ guide to clinician-performed ultrasound in the emergency department, intensive care unit or in the field.

Written by an international team of experts and comprehensively updated in its third edition, Emergency Ultrasound Made Easy brings together in one volume the latest indications for focused ultrasound, including those related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The text is highly accessible and easy to use in an emergency. It is aimed at the rapidly expanding cohort of non-radiologist clinical sonographers who use focused ultrasound. However, its broad scope (for example using ultrasound in the rapid diagnosis of DVT) makes it an invaluable addition to the library of any doctor with an interest in the technique, whether in primary care or the hospital setting.

• Simple to read and follow
• Free of jargon
• Fast step-by-step guide to ultrasound procedures
• Clear diagrams
• Tips and pitfalls to avoid
• Multiple accompanying videos featuring examples of ultrasound in clinical practice
• New chapter on the use of ultrasound in small anatomical structures such as the eyes and testes
• New chapter on paediatric ultrasound
• Respiratory chapter updated to include COVID-19
• Multiple accompanying videos featuring examples of ultrasound in clinical practice

• New chapter on the use of ultrasound in small anatomical structures such as the eyes and testes
• New chapter on paediatric ultrasound
• Respiratory chapter updated to include COVID-19

Review

This is a small, soft-backed, pocket book of just over 160 pages. Its aim is to provide a quick entry into the subject and act as an aide memoir for those faced with assessing a patient with ultrasound in an acute situation.

Review

Indispensable pocket guide to point-of-care emergency ultrasound

Contents

۱. Introduction۲. How ultrasound works۳. Abdominal aorta۴. Trauma and abdominal free fluid۵. Lung and thorax۶. Focused cardiac ultrasound and shock protocols۷. Renal tract۸. The biliary tree and the gastrointestinal tract۹. Early pregnancy۱۰. Ultrasound-guided procedures۱۱. Nerve blocks۱۲. Deep vein thrombosis۱۳. Musculoskeletal and soft tissues۱۴. Use of ultrasound for small anatomic structures۱۵. Paediatric ultrasound۱۶. Emergency ultrasound in prehospital medicine

Video Contents

۱. Colour flow Doppler demonstrating pulsatility of colour flow.۲. Normal anterior lung showing lung sliding۳. Normal posterolateral lung view showing diaphragm and lung curtain۴. Lung point as seen in pneumothorax۵. Pleural fluid – note the visible thoracic vertebrae/spine۶. Multiple B lines in interstitial syndrome (e.g. pulmonary oedema)۷. Pleural irregularities and B lines in a COVID-19 patient۸. Subpleural consolidation in a COVID-19 patient۹. Normal Parasternal long axis۱۰. Normal Parasternal short axis۱۱. Normal Apical 4 chamber۱۲. Subcostal/subxiphoid 4 chamber view showing poor left ventircle function۱۳. Subcostal/subxiphoid 4 chamber view showing pericardial effusion with tamponade۱۴. Apical 4 chamber view showing poor left ventricle function۱۵. Parasternal long axis showing severe left ventricle hypertrophy۱۶. Parasternal long axis showing right ventricle strain (pulmonary embolism)۱۷. Parasternal short axis showing right ventricle strain (pulmonary embolism)۱۸. Sagittal view of inferior vena cava showing minimal respiratory variation۱۹. Two gallstones, one impacted. Sludge also present.۲۰. Colour Flow Doppler loop demonstrating portal vein, common bile duct and right hepatic artery.۲۱. Stomach distended gastroparesis۲۲. Normal small bowel peristalsis imaged with curved probe۲۳. Normal small bowel peristalsis imaged with linear probe۲۴. Appendicitis. See also figure 8.18. Video courtesy Dr Caroline Ranger۲۵. Thickened ileum with normal appendix and multiple mesenteric nodes۲۶. Sagittal sweep through pelvis from right to left with structures labelled, non-gravid patient, transabdominal window۲۷. Transverse sweep through pelvis from inferior to superior with structures labelled, non-gravid patient, transabdominal window۲۸. Sagittal sweep through pelvis reveals gravid uterus with yolk sac, transvaginal window۲۹. Transverse sweep through pelvis reveals gravid uterus with yok sac, transvaginal window window۳۰. Ectopic pregnancy seen as ‘donut-like’ adnexal mass adjacent to right ovary, transvaginal window.۳۱. Clotted blood surrounds empty uterus, in a patient with ectopic pregnancy, transvaginal window.۳۲. Live ectopic (foetal heartbeat visualised) with large surrounding clot, transvaginal window۳۳. Normal thymus۳۴. Normal pyloric sphincter۳۵. Intussusception seen in short axis: ‘target sign’۳۶. Intussusception seen in long axis: ‘kidney’ or ‘sandwich sign’

———————————————————