Ultrasound
Authors: Christine Luo, MD; Creagh Boulger, MD; and Zachary Risler, MD
Editor: Vignesh Murali, MD
Welcome to the Emergency Medicine (EM) Ultrasound Roadmap, your definitive step-by-step guide on how to succeed in Ultrasound at every training level. Bedside emergency ultrasound is a core skill in EM to provide point-of-care information for clinical decision-making and to guide procedures.
Insider Advice
"Advanced emergency ultrasound training is a transformative step for any emergency physician looking to elevate their diagnostic and therapeutic precision. Mastering ultrasound not only enhances your accuracy as a diagnostician but also improves your ability to deliver critical care and manage resuscitations effectively. It empowers you to offer safer, opioid-sparing pain management through ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia. Furthermore, advanced training is invaluable if you plan to work in resource-limited settings, where ultrasound can serve as a vital diagnostic tool in the absence of other imaging modalities."
-Enrique Rodriguez-Fhon, MD
