Editing Medical ultrasound (section)

=== Emergency medicine ===
{{Main|Emergency ultrasound}}
[[Point-of-care ultrasound|Point of care]] ultrasound has many applications in [[emergency medicine]].<ref>{{cite journal |title=Ultrasound Guidelines: Emergency, Point-of-Care and Clinical Ultrasound Guidelines in Medicine |journal=Annals of Emergency Medicine |date=May 2017 |volume=69 |issue=5 |pages=e27–e54 |doi=10.1016/j.annemergmed.2016.08.457|pmid=28442101 |s2cid=42739523 }}</ref> These include differentiating cardiac from pulmonary causes of [[Pulmonary edema|acute breathlessness]], and the [[Focused assessment with sonography for trauma|Focused Assessment with Sonography for Trauma (FAST) exam]], extended to include assessment for significant [[hemoperitoneum]] or [[pericardial tamponade]] after [[Physical trauma|trauma]] ([[EFAST]]). Other uses include assisting with differentiating causes of abdominal pain such as [[gallstone]]s and [[Kidney Stones|kidney stones]]. Emergency Medicine Residency Programs have a substantial history of promoting the use of bedside ultrasound during physician training.{{citation needed|date=August 2022}}