Got an email from ACEP and thought it was too good not to share: Hear Dr. Cliff Rice, an ultrasound extraordinaire and emergency physician speak about bedside ultrasound and its use in critical care medicine. At the end of this post are even more lectures that are free. As you will hear, he states “Think about how you would use it in some of our sickest patients that come to the emergency department….. where the differential diagnosis is quite broad, and the treatment for shock might be detrimental if we are wrong.”
As ACEP states in the email: “Practicing emergency physicians need to be able to utilize ultrasound effectively in the evaluation of the critically ill patient. In this free audio recording from the 2012 ACEP Scientific Assembly, Dr. Rice highlights the use of ultrasound to perform a FAST scan, to dynamically monitor and measure the IVC in the setting of hypovolemic shock, and to detect pericardial effusion and perform ultrasound guided pericardiocentesis [in 45 minutes]. This [lecture] explains where you should start scanning, narrows your differential and guides your resuscitation.”
Other free lectures for your viewing/hearing pleasure on bedside ultrasound:
Dr. Chris Fox’s comprehensive emergency ultrasound lectures in iTunes
Dr. Phil Perera comprehensive emergency ultrasound lectures on Sound-Bytes
AIUM UltrasoundFirst lecture series on various ultrasound topics
UltrasoundPodcast with a variety of lectures on bedside ultrasound
UltrasoundVIllage website on a variety of ultrasound topics
Vanderbilt’s excellent lectures library on bedside ultrasound
SonoSpot: Topics in Bedside Ultrasound 