December 09, 2021

Ultrasound of the Month - Not all veggies are good for your health

December 09, 2021/ Joshua Rehberg, MD Ultrasound Fellow

We're back with some more exciting and beautiful echocardiogram images this month! This case and images are courtesy of Dr. Sarah Bunting, a rising ultrasound star within our program. Here she has obtained some uncommon images of an unfortunately more and more prevalent disease process. So grab your warm holiday drink of choice and enjoy our ultrasound of the month.

November 05, 2021

Ultrasound of the Month - Is your probe marker switched?

November 05, 2021/ Joshua Rehberg, MD Ultrasound Fellow

This is the inagural installment of our monthly series recognizing some great point of care ultrasound images performed in our department. This case will highlight some beautiful echocardiogram images obtained by the one and only Dr. Nicholas Fling, one of our chief resident physicians. Echo is a basic ultrasound skill that all EM docs need to have, and making sure your probe marker is set up appropriately on the screen is a great first step. The apical four-chamber view of Dr. Fling's would make anyone double check that!

July 08, 2020

Resuscitative Transesophageal Echocardiography in the Emergency Department

July 08, 2020/ Jeffrey A. Holmes, MD

We are extremely fortunate to have one of our fearless ultrasound leaders, Dr. Andrew Fried, lead us into the world of resuscitative transesophageal echocardiography at Maine Medical Center. In our recent grand rounds, he presented the latest cutting edge literature behind this technology and why its the right thing to do for our patients.

July 08, 2019

Echo Extravaganza Part 4: The Suprasternal Notch View

July 08, 2019/ Mindy Lipsitz, MD

Here’s comes another heaping helping of ultrasound highlights from our winter symposium’s echo extravaganza! In this serving, Dr. Mindy Lipsitz, MD shares some pearls about the suprasternal notch view to assess for trauma, coarctation, aortic root regurgitation, and aortic aneurysm.

May 20, 2019

Echo Extravaganza Part 3: The 5 E’s of Echocardiography

May 20, 2019/ Heidi Kimberly, MD

Here’s comes another heaping helping of ultrasound highlights from our winter symposium’s echo extravaganza! In this serving, Dr. Heidi Kimberly teaches us how to identify and characterize the 5 E’s of echocardiography: effusion, ejection fraction, equality of the right and left ventricle, exit (aortic root) and entrance (IVC).

April 13, 2019

Echo Extravaganza Part 2: Unlocking the Apical Four Chamber view

April 13, 2019/ Christina Wilson, MD

The apical four chamber view is a key window in obtaining the bedside echo as it helps assess both the size and function of the atria, and ventricles. Window shopping for this view can be tricky, however, as there are specific requirements for probe orientation. In this blog post and video, Dr. Christina Wilson helps us understand the subtleties of this window and how to troubleshoot for the perfect four chamber view.

March 27, 2019

Feature Film - Window to the Heart- Point of Care Echocardiography

March 27, 2019/ Randy Kring, MD

We apologize that it has been so long since our last blog post . . . we were busy preparing for our annual Winter Symposium. What a fantastic year it was! It included an amazing point of care echocardiography extravaganza by the course’s ultrasound faculty. We covered core content, the 5 E’s of echocardiography, mastering the suprasternal notch, unlocking the apical four chamber view and tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion … phew! We are excited to roll out this content to you over the coming weeks, starting with Dr. Kring’s core content on point of care echocardiography.

June 30, 2018

Feature Film(s) - Pediatric Point of Care Ultrasound in the Emergency Department

June 30, 2018/ Jeffrey A. Holmes, MD

Dr. Rachel Rempell is a pediatric emergency medicine physician in Boston, Massachusetts and is affiliated with Boston Children's Hospital. She is board certified in pediatrics, pediatric emergency medicine and completed an ultrasound fellowship with a focus on pediatrics. We were fortunate to have her as a guest speaker for our grand rounds where she gave us a tour of the current landscape of pediatric point of care ultrasound in emergency medicine.