"I realized that by spending a few extra minutes evaluating this patient with bedside ultrasound, Alfunsi may have saved this man’s arm." By Dr. Leigha Winters, GEC Volunteer Reposted with permission from SONOSTUFF: Education and entertainment for the ultrasound enthusiast Having traveled…
"Here in our ultrasound images, we had been able to identify the root cause of his problem with no other test." by Dr. Lori Stoltz, GEC Ultrasound Director Going through all of the cases of patients that I saw with…
By: Dr. Lori Stoltz, GEC Ultrasound Director The eFAST exam is the most widely adopted ultrasound examination for use in the emergency department. This exam looks at six locations on the body and can identify blood in the abdomen, blood around the…
"Within one day, I’d seen the training and careful preparation in the morning and practical application of the same knowledge in the afternoon. A great day of Global Emergency Care at work." By: Dr. Michael Schick, GEC Ultrasound Director As a…
"As our primary diagnostic tool, ultrasound can provide a fabulous amount of confirmatory and ancillary information." By: Dr. Michael Schick, Director of Ultrasound While working in the emergency department at Nyakibale Hospital in Rukingiri, Uganda a two-year-old boy arrives with…
By: Dr. Michael Schick, GEC Ultrasound Director At Masaka Hospital in Uganda our Emergency Care Practitioners (ECPs) have acquired specialized emergency training in point-of-care ultrasound. In this specific diagnostic skill set, they are the most trained practitioners in the region. While…
By: Lori Stolz, MD, GEC Ultrasound Director & Alexa Sabedra, MD, GEC VolunteerOn our first day in Masaka, while sitting in on the chest pain lecture being given to the ECP 1s, Deus (an ECP 2 who was working in…