The use of duplex ultrasound screening can help shed light on a high rate of lower extremity deep vein thromboses in critically ill trauma cases, according to a study published in the Journal of ...

The American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (AIUM) and the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) officially announced today that they will publish jointly the Guideline for the ...

Contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) has increasingly emerged as a pivotal imaging modality in the diagnosis and management of abdominal trauma. By utilising microbubble contrast agents, CEUS enhances ...

Despite evidence showing that the routine use of sonography in hospital emergency departments can safely improve care for adults when evaluating for possible abdominal trauma injuries, researchers ...

Over the last decade, the use of point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) in Pediatric Emergency Medicine (PEM) has risen dramatically. In 2015, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) published the first ...

In the medical world, it’s known as the “golden hour.” The sixty minutes following a traumatic injury or emergency that can make the difference between life and death. Sixty minutes in which the ...

The once-unheard-of practice of bedside ultrasound is now standard in emergency rooms nationwide as the result of the curiosity of one man, Dietrich Jehle, MD. During a tour of German hospitals in ...

It's nine o'clock on a Saturday night when a 15-year-old boy with a bullet in his leg is rolled on a gurney into the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center. More than 20 minutes have passed since he was ...

A Johns Hopkins University doctoral student is developing an AI-powered robot that could one day help first responders detect and treat life-threatening internal bleeding on the way to the hospital.

(SACRAMENTO, Calif.) -- Despite evidence showing that the routine use of sonography in hospital emergency departments can safely improve care for adults when evaluating for possible abdominal trauma ...