Ultrasound In Emergency Care Adam J Brooks James A Connolly by Adam J. Brooks, James A. Connolly, Otto Chan 9780470755822, 9780727917317, 0470755822, 0727917315 instant download after payment.

A practical guide to the use of ultrasound and how to interpret the scans, aimed specifically at emergency physicians and staff. This is recognised as an essential skill in emergency medicine, and this book will provide the means to learn it, with question led text and many illustrations of real examples. The book will include a CD Rom of video clips, showing normal and abnormal scans, approximating to the real life situation.

Content:
Chapter 1 History of Ultrasound in Emergencies (pages 1–3): Ben Davies and Adam Brooks
Chapter 2 The Physics of Ultrasound (pages 4–9): Jim Connolly
Chapter 3 Image Acquisition and Artefacts (pages 10–24): Otto Chan
Chapter 4 Focussed Assessment with Sonography for Trauma (FAST) (pages 25–34): Adam Brooks and M Gage Oschner
Chapter 5 Ultrasound of the Chest (pages 35–41): Douglas R Hamilton, Ashot Sargysan and Scott A Dulchavsky
Chapter 6 Ultrasound Assessment of the Abdominal Aorta (pages 42–46): Simon England
Chapter 7 Abdominal Emergencies (pages 47–58): Ali Naraghi and Otto Chan
Chapter 8 Bedside Ultrasound as an Adjunct in the Evaluation of Critically Ill Patients (pages 59–75): Anthony J Dean
Chapter 9 Obstetric and Gynaecological Emergencies (pages 76–85): Andrew Loughney and Stephen Stirgess
Chapter 10 Soft Tissue Ultrasound (pages 86–95): Robert Cooper and Dominic Barron
Chapter 11 Ultrasound for Bony Trauma (pages 96–100): Adam Brooks and James L Williams
Chapter 12 Ultrasound for Venous Access (pages 101–113): Richard G McWilliams and Christopher Boyd
Chapter 13 Procedural Applications of Emergency Bedside Ultrasound (pages 114–134): Anthony J Dean and Daniel K Vining
Chapter 14 Ultrasound in Austere and Mass Casualty Settings (pages 135–140): Leonard J King
Chapter 15 Training in Emergency Ultrasound (pages 141–146): Susie Hewitt, Michael R Marohn and David Wherry