Ultrasound Resources, Blogs and Links

Policies and Guidelines

Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM)

• Policies and guidelines - emergency ultrasound

ACEM and RANZCR

• Guidelines on diagnostic imaging, ACEM and RANZCR, July 2012

Representatives from the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM) and the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists (RANZCR) formed a working group that developed a set of imaging guidelines, using available evidence and best practice. These are recommended to be used in all EDs.

Educational Resources

Australasian Resources

• Sonocave

Worldwide Resources

• Ultrasound Podcast
• Emergency Ultrasonography Teaching
• Mount Sinai Emergency Medicine Ultrasound 
• Echopraxis

Image Libraries

• Ultrasound Village
• SonoWorld

Echocardiography

• EchoBasics
• Echocardiography in ICU 

Presentations

• Ultrasound in ED: getting it all together - Dr Lee Blair at the ECI Emergency Care Symposium 2015

National Ultrasound Bodies

Australasian Society for Ultrasound in Medicine (ASUM)

The Australasian Society for Ultrasound in Medicine (ASUM) offers the following post graduate qualifications in ultrasound for Emergency Physicians:

• Certificate in Clinician Performed Ultrasound (CCPU)

• Diploma in Diagnostic Ultrasound (DDU)

Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM)

• Ultrasound Educational Resources - for members only.