Author Archives: Jason Nomura

About Jason Nomura

Jason T. Nomura MD RDMS FACP FAAEM is a Board Certified Physician in Emergency Medicine and Internal Medicine who specializes in Point of Care Ultrasound. He is the author of this blog, see "About Author".

Differentiating Pleural and Pericardial Effusions with Doodlecast

Posted on May 7, 2012 by Jason Nomura

There are several ways to differentiate pleural pericardial effusions. This video goes over one method using a parasteral long axis view. It highlights some anatomy that isn’t always mentioned when reviewing echocardiography texts. Plus it allowed me to test drive … Continue reading →

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Twitter Use During Emergency Medicine Conferences

Posted on April 26, 2012 by Jason Nomura

This research letter is published online ahead of print in the American Journal of Emergency Medicine.  It reviews some of the Twitter statistics from the American College of Emergency Physicians 2010 Scientific Assembly and the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine … Continue reading →

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Social Media for the Academic EM Physician: A Preview

Posted on April 26, 2012 by Jason Nomura

SAEM Social Media Committee Video Conference Short video conference discussing the upcoming didactic session at the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine on Social Media and the Academic Physician at the 2012 Annual Meeting.

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Point of Care Ultrasound for Hernias

Posted on February 21, 2012 by Jason Nomura

**This post was originally part of the ACEP Emergency Ultrasound Section’s Newletter in the Tips and Tricks section . The newsletter is located on the member only section of the site so I am posting here to make it more … Continue reading →

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American College of Emergency Physicians Scientific Assembly #SA11

Posted on November 29, 2011 by Jason Nomura

It took me a little bit of time to get this collated and together for posting but here it is. It was a great Scientific Assembly this year in San Francisco.  I have noticed some drift over the last couple … Continue reading →

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Ultrasound Case Review #10 10-2011 (Don’t Cut That)

Posted on October 25, 2011 by Jason Nomura

This month Mike Blaivas and Srikar Adhikari published a case series in JUM on soft tissue ultrasound of abscess where there were unexpected findings (Unexpected Findings on Point-of-Care Superficial Ultrasound Imaging Before Incision and Drainage JUM Oct 2011;30:1425-1430). This Case … Continue reading →

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Long vs Short Axis for US Guided Central Venous Access, Review of a Study

Posted on August 12, 2011 by Jason Nomura

There was a recent manuscript that came across my desk from the medical journal Medical Ultrasonography. This is a peer reviewed Medline indexed journal. The publication caught my attention because it discussed using a sagittal vessel view with in-plane needle … Continue reading →

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Ultrasound Case Review #8 07-2011

Posted on July 19, 2011 by Jason Nomura

This is a case of some subtle findings during the pelvis view of a FAST exam.  There is also a short discussion of why the image can appear different based upon ultrasound physics.  This has only video rather then flash … Continue reading →

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Distance Synchronous and Asynchronous eLearning with the Virtual Ultrasound Director for Emergency Ultrasound

Posted on June 2, 2011 by Jason Nomura

On this blog I have been creating either Flash based modules, videos, or posts with still images.  All of these methods are asynchronous eLearning examples.  Meaning that the learner doesn’t is seeing it at the same time that it is … Continue reading →

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Tips and Tricks for the Pelvic View During the FAST Exam

Posted on April 18, 2011 by Jason Nomura

This is a short article that my colleagues and I wrote for the American College of Emergency Medicine Emergency Medicine Ultrasound Section April Newsletter. The full newsletter can be found here. The Focused Assessment with Sonography in Trauma or FAST … Continue reading →

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