Ultrasound FOAMed Resources

Top POCUS #FOAMed influencers on Twitter

• Twitter is a mainstay in social media for blogs/podcasts
• Cited most influential Emergency US Twitter accounts: @radiologysigns, @raiopaedia, @ultrasoundjelly
• High yield US Twitter accounts: @thesonocave, @ACEPEUS, @ultrasoundREL @Takeokun @bretpnelson @criticalcarenow @ultrasoundQA @bedsidesono @nobleultrasound @ultrasoundpod

Blogs (with active posts in last 6 months)

• Ultrasound of the Week – weekly blog of an interesting clinical case with images and a teaching point
• Ultrasound Podcast by Mike Mallin and Matt Dawson -- great coverage of both basic and advanced topics
• Emergency Ultrasound Teaching – core content for residents, core documents for EUS and a PDF of landmark articles
• Sinai EM ultrasound - including “Top 3” articles for the various applications
• 123Sonography.com and Echopedia – all echo related news, demos, cases
• Takeokun - Jason Nomura from Christiana Care – has great YouTube videos for using Qpath and knobology, etc
• Life in the Fast Lane – not POCUS specific, but a great resource nonetheless. Research and Reviews harnesses social media to highlight worthy literature

Other great websites

• Highland Ultrasound – great nerve block resource
• 5 Minute Sono – a good "just in time" review with 5 minute and 5 second video tutorials
• Sonospot – high yield with references, image gallery, and med student section
• Academic Life in EM – including "ultrasound for the win" cases and Paucis Verbis reference cards
• Wikiecho.org – echo resource, good for all measurements

Smartphone Apps

• Nerve Whiz – peripheral nerve anatomy for sensory and muscular
• SonoAccess – SonoSite – specialty specific images and instructional videos
• EchoCalc – miniguides for calcs, most of which are too advanced for POCUS
• EGLS (echo directed life support) – great for med students and PGY1/2 for heart/lung/IVC assessment
• FATE Card – Focused Assessed Transthoracic Echo (FATE) with basic and extended echo views and pathologic measurement
• Sonosupport ($10) – checklist and documentation examples
• 1 Minute Sono – very basic intro for med students/novice users or quick review before performing the scan at bedside

Books

• Vicki Noble's Emergency and Critical Care Ultrasound -- required reading for rotation, available free at free at JHU library
• Intro to Bedside Ultrasound - Volumes Volumes 1 and 2 -- free, high yield eBook with embedded videos (alternative text for US rotation)
• Soni and Artfield's Point-of-Care Ultrasound -- great focused print book to own, or view for free at JHU library (another alternative text for POCUS rotation)
• Ma and Mateer's Emergency Ultrasound -- old standby textbook for POCUS, available free at JHU library
• Essentials of Point of Care Ultrasound by Steve Socransky – $15 eBook
• Echo Guided Life Support - $25 eBook
• ICU Ultrasound Pocketbook – free eBook