Event held by USIG – Ultrasound Interest Group on 09/22/2021: Emergency physician Dr. Giuliano DePortu led a presentation introducing the use and importance of the eFAST exam (extended focused assessment with sonography in trauma). Afterwards, students had the opportunity to perform the eFAST on each other, with the guidance…
Event held by USIG – Ultrasound Interest Group on 10/06/2021: Ultrasound Interest Group and OBGYN Interest Group hosted a joint event where students were taught about ultrasound assessment of uterine and ovarian emergencies by Dr. DePortu, the director of the Emergency Medicine Ultrasound Fellowship. Students then had the opportunity…
Event held by USIG – Ultrasound Interest Group on 05/26/2021: Ultrasound Interest group welcomed Dr. DePortu, who taught and demonstrated an ultrasound assessment of the abdominal aorta. Students had the opportunity to use several ultrasound machines to try the techniques on each other and view their own abdominal aortas…
Event held by USIG – Ultrasound Interest Group on 12/10/2020: USIG hosted Dr. Brian Yorkgitis, the Pediatric Trauma Medical Director at UF-Jax, for a presentation about Ultrasound use in the Emergency Department. He discussed the FAST (focused assessment with sonography for trauma) exam used in trauma patients.
Event held by USIG – Ultrasound Interest Group on 12/06/2019: Thanks to critical care attending Dr. Pizzi and our advisor Dr. DePortu, MS1-MS3 students learned about uses of ultrasound in the critical care setting. Students were able to learn hands-on the parasternal long view of the heart, parasternal short…
