Sep 29, 2026 · 33 min · 10 segments
**In this episode, Brett and Chris explore how point-of-care ultrasound has become an indispensable tool in emergency medicine, transforming the way clinicians assess, diagnose and manage patients at…
Brett TurnwaldGuestChrisHost
Personally, I think the ultrasound, for me, has taken over the utility of a stethoscope.
So it gives you that narrowing differential, for me, because it's the list of potentials that could be there.
And it narrows the differential and helps you move towards a narrowed diagnosis for me.
It's the greatest bit of kit in your tool bag that you have on a comfortable shift.
How much access do you have in your emergency department to ultrasound?
Occasionally you might have to wait for one, but generally there's one or two available.
great.
And looking at what we see in the emergency department, shall we sort of go over some of the more common issues? uses that word, such as orthopaedics.
be something that we use.
The quality of the high-definition probe is amazing, and I use it for my reductions within recess, particularly for kids.
So those off-ended distal radial and ulnar fractures, it picks up the beautiful appearance of the epiphysis, the physis, and the metaphysis, and you can gauge whether you actually need to do more intervention as far as pulling and manipulation.
Such as dislocations and...
Yes, so you could look at shoulder joints for dissertations where maybe there's increased adipose and you can't exactly work out whether they're anterior or posterior.
You can look at effusions around bones and just placement of maybe Some small bones in the hands, like the metacarpal bones, I often use it for, particularly for the access of some local anesthetic as far as a hematoma block.
It
Personally, I think the ultrasound, for me, has taken over the utility of a stethoscope.
So it gives you that narrowing differential, for me, because it's the list of potentials that could be there.
And it narrows the differential and helps you move towards a narrowed diagnosis for me.
It's the greatest bit of kit in your tool bag that you have on a comfortable shift.
How much access do you have in your emergency department to ultrasound?
Occasionally you might have to wait for one, but generally there's one or two available.
great.
And looking at what we see in the emergency department, shall we sort of go over some of the more common issues? uses that word, such as orthopaedics.
be something that we use.
The quality of the high-definition probe is amazing, and I use it for my reductions within recess, particularly for kids.
So those off-ended distal radial and ulnar fractures, it picks up the beautiful appearance of the epiphysis, the physis, and the metaphysis, and you can gauge whether you actually need to do more intervention as far as pulling and manipulation.
Such as dislocations and...
Yes, so you could look at shoulder joints for dissertations where maybe there's increased adipose and you can't exactly work out whether they're anterior or posterior.
You can look at effusions around bones and just placement of maybe Some small bones in the hands, like the metacarpal bones, I often use it for, particularly for the access of some local anesthetic as far as a hematoma block.
It
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