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New Recommendations from Task Force Seek to Improve Pain Management for Women

November 11, 2019

Gender differences based on culturally defined roles create unique issues for women with respect to pain and opioid addiction and misuse. A report issued earlier this summer by the U.S. Pain Management Best Practices Inter-Agency Task Force, “Pain Management Best...[Read more]

Addressing Addiction and Pain Management in Our Nation’s Military and Veteran Populations

November 6, 2019

Over the last two years, the U.S. Pain Management Best Practices Inter-Agency Task Force studied how pain is treated in the military and veteran populations to make recommendations to improve the treatment of acute and chronic pain. The Task Force...[Read more]

Emergency Physician Brings Ultrasound to Rural Guatemala

November 5, 2019

Emergency physician Dr. Elijah Katz has worked with SonoSite ultrasound machines for several clinical and teaching missions around the world. Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) is a large part of Dr. Katz’s practice both at home and abroad, and he currently serves...[Read more]

Medical Mission to Kenya Introduces High School Students to Ultrasound

November 1, 2019

Dr. Martin Kelly is an attending physician in the Emergency Medicine Residency Program at Darnall Army Medical Center, Fort Hood, Texas. He has been involved in mission trips for 15 years, most of them in conjunction with Maranatha Volunteers International...[Read more]

New Government Recommendations Advance Interventional Approaches to Improve Pain Management

October 31, 2019

With the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issuing a Request for Information on ways to address the treatment of acute and chronic pain, and the treatment of substance use disorders including opioid use disorder , it is an...[Read more]

Study Shows Ultrasound Helps with Difficult Cannulation

October 3, 2019

Thanks to an Emergency Medicine Foundation (EMF) research grant, a new ultrasound training initiative is helping emergency department clinicians in Australia more easily find a patient’s vein during cannulation . Gold Coast University Hospital Emergency Department physician Dr. Amy Archer-Jones...[Read more]

Charitable Medical Mission Uses Ultrasound for Maternal Care in Zambia

September 27, 2019

Australian nonprofit Globalinks Medical Foundation is dedicated to providing healthcare to global communities in remote locations where access to healthcare services is limited. Globalinks was founded by Dr. Peter Locke and his wife Carolyn following their experiences volunteering overseas, where...[Read more]

U.S. Government Report Provides Recommendations and Opportunities during National Pain Management Month

September 25, 2019

Earlier this summer, the U.S. Pain Management Best Practices Inter-Agency Task Force issued the report “Pain Management Best Practices: Updates, Gaps, Inconsistencies, and Recommendations.” The U.S. Pain Management Best Practices Inter-Agency Task Force (Task Force) was created under the 2016...[Read more]

Using POCUS for the Patient in Shock

September 24, 2019

In a 2018 article published in the ICU: Management & Practice section of HealthMangement.org , Drs. Adrian Wong and Jonathan Wilkinson discussed the benefits of deploying point-of-care ultrasound for patients in various forms of shock . They conclude that POCUS...[Read more]

Learn Here. Not Here.

September 19, 2019

Because ultrasound is not extensively taught in medical schools, clinicians are often left scrambling to learn this essential technology in an often chaotic ER or other high-pressure situations. SonoSite Institute was designed to address this very issue. SonoSite Institute empowers...[Read more]

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