Emergency Medicine Ultrasound
In emergency medicine, timely diagnosis and treatment are critical to patient outcomes. Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) enables physicians to rapidly evaluate patients and guide real-time clinical decisions at the bedside. Bedside ultrasound is fast, portable, repeatable, noninvasive, and avoids exposure to ionizing radiation.
Consistent, skilled use of POCUS is associated with higher patient satisfaction, shorter emergency department length of stay, improved patient flow, lower healthcare costs, and better clinical outcomes.
As ultrasound applications have expanded, they now support care across ambulatory settings, critical care, and emergency medicine. Stanford Emergency Medicine has been a leader in advancing point-of-care ultrasound through research, innovation, and education, training physicians locally and internationally.
Fellowship
Stanford Emergency Medicine's Ultrasound Fellowship offers opportunities to learn from and work alongside leading experts, using state-of-art equipment in diverse, high-acuity clinical settings.
Med Student Elective
In weekly scanning shifts, lectures and workshops, QA review, and hands-on practice, participants explore all applications for emergency ultrasound.
Credentialing
Participants earn an educational certification attesting they have achieved the qualifications for proper image acquisition. Emergency Ultrasound credentialing follows the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) guidelines and policies.
Faculty
Christy Hill, RDMS
Emergency Ultrasound Section Sonographer
