Ultrasound Training Enhances the UMHS Medical Student Experience
UMHS has acquired an ultrasound machine to enhance the students learning experience and their diagnostic skills through hands-on practice.Guided by Dr Adegbenro Fakoya, Course Director of Histology & Associate Professor of Gross Anatomy & Histology here at UMHS, our students are thrilled with the valuable opportunity to personally give this indispensable diagnostic tool a test drive!
To further support these efforts, the Anne Ross Library has acquired four new key medical reference titles to augment the students understanding and knowledge of ultrasound procedures and diagnostic capabilities.
"Now in the fully updated 5th edition with more than 2000 new images, 380 new videos, and new content throughout, Diagnostic Ultrasound (2 volume set), remains the most comprehensive and authoritative ultrasound resource available. Spanning a wide range of medical specialties and practice settings, it provides complete, detailed information on the latest techniques for ultrasound imagining of the whole body; image-guided procedures; fetal, obstetric, and pediatric imaging; and much more. Up-to-date guidance from experts in the field keeps you abreast of expanding applications of this versatile imaging modality and helps you understand the ""how"" and ""why"" of ultrasound use and interpretation"
"This comprehensive book provides an in-depth examination of a broad range of procedures that benefit from ultrasound guidance in the point-of-care setting. It covers common procedures such as ultrasound-guided central and peripheral venous access to regional nerve blocks, temporary pacemaker placement, joint aspirations, per-cutaneous drainage, a variety of injections and airway management. Chapters examine a variety of topics critical to successful ultrasound procedures, including relevant sonoantomy, necessary equipment, proper preparation, potential complications, existing evidence and how to integrate these procedures into clinical practice. For each procedure, the book includes step-by-step instructions and discusses the advantages of ultrasound guidance over traditional techniques. Providing rich procedural detail to help in clinical decision making,
The Ultimate Guide to Point-of-Care Ultrasound-Guided Procedures is an indispensable, go-to reference for all health care providers who work in a variety of clinical settings including primary care, emergency department, urgent care, intensive care units, pediatrics, pre-hospital settings and those who practice in the growing number of new ultrasound programs in these specialties."
Essential Ultrasound Anatomy, new first edition from Wolters Kluwer for 2020, Dr. Mario Loukas & Dr. Danny Burns provide the essentials of the anatomy and physics of ultrasound, as well as methods and imaging techniques involved in ultrasonography.
Pocket Guide & Protocols for Abdominal Ultrasound, new first edition from Wolters Kluwer for 2020, Steven Penny provides an overview of abdominal sonography.
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