Ma and Mateer’s Emergency Ultrasound has been the definitive text for clinicians since it was first published. Now updated with new chapters, expanded coverage, and new video, this generously illustrated guide covers the training, techniques, and skills for successfully applying point-of-care ultrasound, with a special emphasis on clinical issues commonly encountered in the emergency or acute care settings.

Features

Well-organized chapters address:

Clinical considerations and indications
Anatomical considerations
Techniques
Common abnormalities
Pitfalls
Video cases
Coverage of trauma, cardiac, critical care, pulmonary, hepatobiliary, renal, testicular, and other ultrasound applications
Expanded chapters on cardiac and musculoskeletal ultrasound
Useful measurements and quantitative references throughout
Side-by-side comparisons of normal and abnormal scans
New chapters on resuscitation of the critically ill and regional anesthesia
Videos easily accessed via QR codes
More than 800 photos and illustrations
With consistent chapter organization that makes it easy to find the answers you need, this peerless text serves as an essential roadmap and reference to point-of-care ultrasound.