Information and Guidance for Ultrasound Professionals

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• Webinars, Videos, & Podcasts


• Cleaning, Safety, and PPEs


• Guidelines, Operation Policies, Resource Centers & Treatment Recommendations


• General & Scientific Journal Articles


• Billing & Coding


• Advocacy

Webinars, Videos, & Podcasts

• AIUM webinar recordings and videos can be viewed on the AIUM's COVID-19 Playlist on the AIUM's YouTube Channel. The latest two are shown below.

Webinar: COVID-19: Flatten the Curve with Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) recording and CME test (AIUM)

Webinar: Lung Ultrasound and COVID-19: Protocol Standardization, Key Technical Aspects, and Clinical Use recording and additional handouts (AIUM)

• Webinar: COVID-19: Advanced Applications of Lung Ultrasound: Viral Pneumonia and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) (AIUM)


• Webinar: COVID-19: Expediting Obstetric Ultrasound Exams (AIUM)


• Webinar: COVID-19 Transducer Cleaning and Personal Protective Equipment and the associated Q&A document with the speakers (AIUM)


• Webcast: International Ultrasound Forum Network Conference and the associated Q&A document with the speakers (AIUM, CUDA)


• Video: Lung Ultrasound: Nuts & Bolts & COVID-19 (Rachel Liu, MD, FAIUM, FACEP & AIUM)


• Webinar: Ultrasound of the Lung: What Is It and How Do I Use It On My Patient (AIUM/ACP/SUSME)


• Videos: Lung Ultrasound Modules (Calgary Internal Medicine Ultrasound)


• Podcast: POCUS in COVID-19 (Ultrasound G.E.L Podcast)


• Podcast: COVID-19 Virtual Reality Technology (George Washington University Hospital)


• Video: How to perform lung ultrasound in pregnant women with suspected COVID-19 infection (ISUOG)


• Video: POCUS for COVID-19 (Joseph Minardi, MD)


• Video: Critical UltraSound (WINFOCUS) (Giovanni Volpicelli, WINFOCUS board member)


• Webinar: Combating COVID-19 Together (ECRI)


• Courses: COVID-19 online learning resources for Clinicians (SMFM)


• Courses: Registry Review Series videos for Sonographers (SDMS)


• Video: Intro to Lung Ultrasoundby Lauren McCafferty, MD, and Jason Tehranisa, MD, MPH, from the Ultrasound Division of the Department of Emergency Medicine(University Hospitals)

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Cleaning, Safety, and PPEs

• Guidelines for Cleaning and Preparing External- and Internal-Use Ultrasound Transducers and Equipment Between Patients as well as Safe Handling and Use of Ultrasound Coupling Gel. Updated resource includes a section specifically on COVID-19. (AIUM)(Revised Official Statement: 3/27/2020)


• Patient and Ultrasound Provider Protection Quick Guide (AIUM)


• Ultrasound Transducers, Equipment, and Gel Quick Guide (AIUM)


• COVID-19: Transducer Cleaning and Personal Protective Equipment webinar and the associated Q&A document from the speakers (AIUM)


• Approved Disinfectants for COVID-19 (EPA)


• How to perform a safe ultrasound examination and clean equipment in the context of COVID-19 (WFUMB)


• Infection Control for COVID-19: Can Masks and Other PPE be Multi-Use? How Do Surgical Masks Compare to N95 Respirators? (Department of Radiology at the Stanford University School of Medicine)


• ISUOG Safety Committee Position Statement: safe performance of obstetric and gynecological scans and equipment cleaning in the context of COVID-19 (ISUOG)


• Strategies to Optimize the Supply of PPE and Equipment (CDC)

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Guidelines, Operation Policies, Resource Centers & Treatment Recommendations

• Coronavirus Resource Center (Medscape)


• COVID-19 POCUS HUB (Medstudent POCUS)


• COVID-19 Resource Center (ECRI)


• COVID-19 Resources (RSNA)


• COVID-19 FAQs for Obstetrician–Gynecologists, Gynecology (ACOG)


• COVID-19 Resources from the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine (SMFM)


• Emergency Resources: COVID-19 (SCCM)


• Guidance on infants born to mothers with suspected or confirmed COVID-19 (AAP)


• Non-Emergent, Elective Medical Services, and Treatment Recommendations (CMS)


• POCUS Application in COVID-19 (IMRESPDX)


• Complete Guide to CARDIAC Ultrasound in COVID-19 (Vi Am Dinh, MD FACEP RDMS RDCS)


• Statement on Protection of Patients and Echocardiography Service Providers During the 2019 Novel Coronavirus Outbreak (ASE)


• Lung Ultrasound in COVID-19 Pandemic (WINFOCUS)


• PAN COVID: an international registry of Pregnancy And Neonatal outcomes of COVID from the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology (ISUOG)

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General & Scientific Journal Articles

• Is there a role for lung ultrasound during the COVID-19 pandemic? (JUM)


• Proposal for international standardization of the use of lung ultrasound for COVID-19 patients; a simple, quantitative, reproducible method (JUM)


• Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound in Patients With COVID-19 (JUM)


• Lung Ultrasound and the COVID-19 “Pattern”: Not All That Glitters Today Is Gold Tomorrow (JUM)


• Lung Ultrasound articles (JUM)


• Benefits, Open questions and Challenges of the use of Ultrasound in the COVID-19 pandemicera. The views of a panel of worldwide international experts (EJU)


• COVID-19: Novel Coronavirus Content Articles (Wiley Online Library)


• International evidence-based recommendations for point-of-care lung ultrasound (PubMed)


• The Latest from RSNA journals on COVID-19


• Universal Screening for SARS-CoV-2 in Women Admitted for Delivery in The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM)


• X-ray with Ultrasound Can Be Used to Manage Pneumonia in Children (Diagnostic Imaging)


• Sonographic signs and patterns of COVID-19 (The Ultrasound Journal)


• Venous and arterial thromboembolic complications in COVID-19 patients admitted to an academic hospital in Milan, Italy (Thrombosis Research)


• Lung Ultrasound in the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Practical Guide for Obstetricians and Gynecologists (AJOG)


• COVID Scholar: A COVID AI aassisted literature search (COVID Scholar)

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Billing & Coding

• CPT reporting for COVID-19 Testing (AMA)


• Clinician Letter addressing methods Accelerated Payments, Testing & Claims, and Telehealth Visits (CMS)


• Payment policies & regulatory flexibilities during COVID-19 emergency (CMS)

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Advocacy

• Joint letter to the United States Congress advocating for PPE and telemedicine funding for healthcare professionals (3/27/20)


• Joint letter to the United States Secretary of Health and Human Servicesadvocating for financial assistance for positions who have incurred significant financial losses due to COVID-19 (4/7/20)


• Joint letter to the United States Congress addressing the Medicare Accelerated and Advance Payment Program, Medicare and Medicaid Payment, Direct Financial Support, Small Business Loans, Telehealth, Support for Resident Physicians and Students, the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA), & Liability concerns during the COVID-19 pandemic(4/15/20)

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