Ultrasound Experts Post #1 – Mike Blaivas

Lucky to have Mike Blaivas as the inaugural guest on the Ultrasound Experts Panel. We covered advice for setting up a point-of-care ultrasound program, how to deal with opposition from other departments and to plan in advance for obstacles. Also got to talk about his group’s use of TEE (transesophageal echocardiography) in the ED and more…

new FAQ post on ultrasound-guided IV placement by nurses

check it out here

batch de-identify all those ultrasound video clips with ease…

in November 2011, Geoff Hayden (of Emergency Ultrasonography fame) sparked a dialogue with Ben Smith and me about de-identifying ultrasound clips. this led to a lot of hard work on Ben’s part and it really paid off. Ben’s come up with a great resource for those of us who use ultrasound video clips for education and want to make sure there are no patient identifiers displayed (or hidden) in the video files.

some of the highlights:

1) it’s free 
2) it’s multiplatform (mac or windows)
3) it can batch de-identify all files in a folder (cropping multiple files automatically)

check it out at:

best free ultrasound education

here’s a list of some of the best free ultrasound education available online (i’m sure i’ve left out a bunch and will actively update this as i discover more)

comments welcome if you know of other resources and want to share!!!

Sonoworld - almost 300 lectures and a bunch of clinical cases from a variety of expert clinicians and sonographers. much of it is incredibly relevant for point-of-care clinicians. some of it, well, not so much. free superfast registration and some really exceptional quality content.

Emergency Ultrasonography - great site from Geoff Hayden with over a dozen lectures and a ton of cases – there’s residencies out there using this site as their didactic curriculum for emergency ultrasound.

Sonoguide - created by Beatrice Hoffmann, a pioneering site for emergencu ultrasound content. it contains chapters on over a dozen bedside ultrasound applications.

Emergency Ultrasound Podcast – Mike Mallon and Matt Dawson’s free video podcast. educational? yes. hysterical? no doubt. not everyone can make you laugh and teach you something at the same time but these two make it look easy.

Emergency Ultrasound Exam – online interactive exam broken up into individual modules. test your knowledge on point-of-care ultrasound and get feedback on your performance at the same time.

SAEM Narrated Ultrasound Lectures – just getting going with only 2 lectures so far but this promises to be a fantastic resource for quality ultrasound education.

Society of Ultrasound in Medical Education (SUSME) – great free didactic content presented using an Articulate product (lets you control the pace of the lecture with a natural, smooth interface)