Chapter 1: Emergency echocardiography: general considerations

Emergency echocardiography is a comprehensive diagnostic ultrasound examination of the heart performed by cardiologists or adequately trained non-cardiologists who are able to independently perform and interpret the study.
Echocardiography in the emergency setting is a highly demanding procedure, and because of the serious implications of the examination results, it should not be attempted by inexperienced healthcare providers without supervision.
Standards are proposed for ultrasound equipment, execution, documentation, and interpretation, as well as for education and training of physicians performing echocardiography in the emergency setting.
Acute chest pain, acute dyspnea, hemodynamic instability, new murmur, syncope, chest trauma, and cardiac arrest are the main clinical situations in which emergency echocardiography is required.

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