Ultrasound GEL

Difficult Airway Prediction

16 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

One relatively new POCUS topic that is gaining a lot of traction is using ultrasound to assess a patient's potential for being a difficult intubati...

Peds Fascia Iliaca Block

05 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The GEL Jr team reunites to discuss the hippest way to provide analgesia for femoral fractures in pediatrics, the fascial iliaca compartment block....

Lightning Talks

22 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The GEL Team has done it again - infiltrating the illustrious Society of Clinical Ultrasound Fellowships annual conference and bringing you the ins...

GEL World Israel

17 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The GEL World Series continues in Israel with a conversation with Eyal Gohar and Leo Fuchs, who teach at the IsraPOCUS Academy. https://www.ultras...

Waves

13 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This is a special episode about riding the ups and downs of a life in medicine. Special guests Adaira Landry and Jeremy Boyd join Mike to discuss t...

Stellate Ganglion Block

22 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Do you like doing challenging procedures that in rare instances can be life-saving? Then this podcast discussing the latest evidence for the stella...

Potpourri

02 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

After a summer semi-hiatus, we are busting at the seams with things to talk about. Mike gives brief "state-of-GEL" address and then blazes through ...

GEL World Italy

11 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

On this episode of GEL World we visit Italy as Mike chats with Cristiano Di Gioia about his experiences with ultrasound as an emergency physician. ...

Pediatric Cardiac Arrest

05 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The GEL Jr. squad returns to discuss a very important topic - ultrasound in pediatric cardiac arrest. Using a recent article as a diving board, the...

GEL World Ireland

21 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

New series alert! GEL World is about bringing together the global ultrasound community. In this first episode, we travel to Ireland with ultrasound...

GEL Live! Podcast Palooza

31 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Delia and Creagh travel to Houston, Texas to regale audience members of the American College of Osteopathic Emergency Physicians (ACOEP) Scientific...

BlockHeads

25 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Mike chats with two special guests representing the BlockHeads - a collaborative group dedicated to furthering the use of ultrasound-guided nerve b...

Bronchiolitis

10 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The GEL Jr crew back with a topical episode on bronchiolitis. When you scan the lungs of these kids what do you see, and more importantly.... what ...

Bubble Time

09 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

It's bubble time! This fascinating paper investigates counting the number of seconds that bubbles can be seen in right side of the heart after a fl...

Lightning Talks

15 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

GEL x SCUF back again! This year at the annual meeting of the Society of Clinical Ultrasound Fellowships, the GEL team interviews several up-and-co...

Biplane Needle Guidance

01 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Are two planes better than one? Creagh, Mike, and Jailyn investigate a paper on biplane technology for placing central venous catheters. https://w...

Transgluteal Hydrodissection

19 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this Bonus Cut author interview, Zack and Mike go off the rails by interviewing the author of a case series describing a fascinating and mysteri...

Pediatric Crohn’s Disease

15 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The GEL Jr team strikes back with a fascinating topic - using POCUS to guide response in the treatment of Crohn's disease! Join the gang as they pe...

General Surgery POCUS

16 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this Father's Day Special, Mike interviews his old man about the state of point-of-care ultrasound in general surgery. All sorts of learning ens...

VEXUS Updates

27 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

It's been a while since we talked about Venous Excess Ultrasound, aka VEXUS. There is still a lot of buzz around this concept, but not a lot of hon...

Yale EM Podcast Day Part 2

13 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Part 2 of the discussion with Rachel Liu and Cian McDermott for Yale Emergency Medicine podcast day. Now the banter turns to a favorite topic: POCU...

Yale EM Podcast Day Part 1

07 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Creagh and Mike were invited to speak at the first ever Yale Emergency Medicine Podcast day! They join their old buddies Rachel Liu and Cian McDerm...

MAPSE

15 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The GEL trio return to discuss an old idea made new again - the mitral annular plane systolic excursion, aka MAPSE. How good is it compared to othe...

MicroSkills

25 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this Special Edition ep, Mike interviews the multi-talented Adaira Landry and Resa Lewiss. They share some of the wisdom they have gleaned from ...

Distal Forearm Fractures

26 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The GEL Jr. team is back and they have a bone to pick. What's the deal with using ultrasound for forearm fractures in kids? They examine a recent a...

People, Progress, POCUS (Part 2)

12 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In September 2023, the GEL crew traveled to Portland, Maine to do some on-the-street reporting at the annual conference for the Society of Clinical...

People, Progress, POCUS (Part 1)

29 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In September 2023, the GEL crew traveled to Portland, Maine to do some on-the-street reporting at the annual conference for the Society of Clinical...

PENG Block

18 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Have you been PENG attention? This block is everywhere! In this episode, we talk about the preliminary data for the PEricapsular Nerve Group (PENG)...

Femoral Doppler in Heart Failure

20 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Bonus Cuts back again! Zack and Mike talk with guest Yale Tung-Chen about the POCUS vibe in Spain and his recently reviewed study on using doppler ...

Artificial Intelligence for Echo

23 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Mike flies solo and ventures into the wily world of artificial intelligence in clinical ultrasound. How well does the machine measure up to the exp...

Heart Failure Extravaganza!

25 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

To celebrate 150 episodes we are doing a deep dive into one of POCUS's most beloved applications - acute heart failure. We bring in echo expert Sea...

Trigger Point Injections

28 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Another author-focused Bonus Cuts episode with Zack and Mike joined by the one and only Rob Farrow! Rob represents the research team behind the rec...

Femoral Vein Doppler

31 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Another cutting edge topic! These insatiable investigators propose to use doppler waveforms from the common femoral vein as a marker of right heart...

Vertebral Artery Injury

03 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

What if I told you that you could use ultrasound to find traumatic injuries to the vertebral arteries? I am not telling you that...yet. The team ha...

The P2 Network

22 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The GEL Jr crew sets up shop at the 2023 P2 Convention in Washington, D.C. and interviews the leaders of this organization about its history, purpo...

US-Guided Trigger Point Injections

24 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Hold onto your hats - the latest episode discusses an application for ultrasound that you have probably never even thought about doing! Ultrasound-...

Virtual Reality

27 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Virtual reality ultrasound?! It is here, and it might be a valuable educational tool. Special host Shawn Sethi, usual but still somewhat special ho...

Diaphragmatic Dysfunction

13 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Can looking at the diaphragm with ultrasound help us understand a patient's respiratory status? This is one of the first papers to look at this que...

Inclusion in POCUS Part 2

27 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This is the second and final part of our episode on diversity, equity, and inclusion within the point-of-care ultrasound community. Guests Almaz De...

Inclusion in POCUS Part 1

13 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Special guests Almaz Dessie and Javier Rosario join Mike, Creagh, and Jai to discuss diversity, equity, and inclusion specifically in the point-of-...

Gastric POCUS & Sedation

30 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Delia and Lianne take on the topic of pediatric gastric POCUS. Is it a helpful way to assess the effect of fasting prior to procedural sedation? Is...

The State of POCUS

16 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Vicki Noble is a veritable legend of point of care ultrasound. Zach and Mike are lucky enough to sit down with this proverbial fountain of wisdom a...

Ultrasound vs Landmark Subclavians

19 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This episode has been a long time coming! We're talking ultrasound-guided subclavian central lines, and a lot of people have opinions. Are they bet...

Trailer

15 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Here's a little bit about our podcast. You can find out more at UltrasoundGEL.org.

Carotid Compression in CPR

05 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We can only go so long without talking about cardiac arrest! Here is the latest idea - using sonographic carotid compression to help determine if a...

Pediatric IVC Collapse

07 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Another Bonus Cuts author interview - this time with Amy Zhou, Pediatric Emergency Medicine specialist and first author of the recently reviewed ar...

Pneumoperitoneum

24 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Pneumoperitoneum is usually bad news for patients, and it would be great to have a quick way to make this diagnosis. These authors ingeniously used...

Nasogastric Tube Placement

28 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

New idea alert! Should we be using POCUS to guide nasogastric tube placement? Crazy? Unnecessary, you say? Well listen in to the discussion of this...

Ultrasound-Guided Arthrocentesis

12 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In our second in the series of Bonus Cuts, Zach and Mike interview the illustrious Ryan Gibbons for his take on arthrocentesis and a discussion of ...

Duration of IVC Collapse

29 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

What do we do with IVC's in kids?! The GEL Jr squad tackles a fascinating article that might have the answer. These authors looked at the Inferior ...

The POCUS Manifesto Part 2

01 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Part 2 of this Special Edition episode with Larry Istrail, author of the POCUS Manifesto. More great talk about POCUS, the physical exam, and ultra...

The POCUS Manifesto Part 1

18 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this Special Edition episode, Mike and Creagh interview physician, entrepreneur, and author Larry Istrail discussing his recent book The POCUS M...

Neonatal Central Line Positioning

04 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

If you take care of neonates, the last thing you need to worry about is vascular access! In this episode the GEL Jr. team discusses an article on u...

Brief Echo in Cardiac Arrest

20 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This clever study questions which cardiac view is best to obtain during a cardiac arrest. By using a simulated arrest scenario on living non-cardia...

Jugular Venous Pressure

06 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Jugular venous distention (JVD) is a classic physical exam finding taught for ages, but assessing it can be a challenge. Can ultrasound do a better...

Winner of Sonogames Round Zero

23 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This is a Special Edition podcast which features the winner of a competition at the recent SAEM Sonogames! The challenge was to create the best inf...

Felipe Teran

09 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In the first of our new series of author interviews, hosts Zach Risler and Mike Prats interview the illustrious Felipe Teran. They discuss Felipe's...

US-Guided Arthrocentesis

22 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Mike and Jacob dive into an important intersection of musculoskeletal and procedural ultrasound - the ultrasound-guided arthrocent...

Intussusception

07 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Intussusception is a big deal and an area where POCUS can potentially make a difference. The literature has been promising, but there hasn't been a...

Supraclavicular vs Infraclavicular Subclavian Lines

14 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Ultrasound has been a friend to central venous catheter placement for a long time. It's always there to make sure you are putting that line in the rig...

Dedicated POCUS vs Primary Team

28 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

If you have listened to this podcast for any amount of time, you know how POCUS studies usually go. Someone does an ultrasound on something cool and t...

Ectopic Pregnancy

14 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Can you believe we have never talked about ectopic pregnancy on this podcast?? Fortunately for you, a new research article allows our faithful hosts t...

Quantitative LV Function in PEA

20 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Ultrasound in cardiac arrest is a favorite topic of the GEL Team and thus, we are back to crack open a radical new concept in the field. Does the left...

The exFAST

22 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The FAST exam has been used in trauma for decades - so why is there still confusion on how to use it in pediatrics? Because kids are different than ad...

Peritonsillar Abscess

25 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Do you use ultrasound for suspected peritonsillar abscess (PTA)? Some of us probably do, some don't - but what does the evidence say?? Does it help t...

Optic Disc Elevation

27 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

GEL Jr coming in hot with the latest in neuro-ocular sonography - optic disc elevation! That's right - not optic nerve sheath diameter (ONSD), the ac...

Early Systolic Notching Part 2

30 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Everyone's new favorite doppler marker for pulmonary embolism is back! We discussed the ESN (early systolic notching) when this concept was first i...

Pre-Pause Imaging in Cardiac Arrest

02 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

One of the gang's favorite topics - ultrasound in cardiac arrest! This article delves into the importance of "pre-pause imaging", getting that pict...

Pediatric Intubation

19 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The GEL Jr. team is back with another great use for pediatric POCUS! You might not have known that you can actually use ultrasound to confirm that ...

The SAEMMIES 2021

21 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This Special Edition podcast covers not one - but 7 really important POCUS articles! These articles were selected by the Academy of Emergency Ultra...

Papilledema

10 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We have talked about ocular ultrasound many times before - it certainly can be useful in identifying many acute ophthalmologic pathologies. But what a...

Septic Arthritis of the Hip

26 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We have been ultrasounding hips for a while now. We know this modality is accurate for finding effusions. This can really help in cases of suspected s...

Innovation Through Collaboration

29 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this Special Edition podcast, Mike is joined by POCUS leaders and educators Nova Panebianco and Cameron Baston to discuss their recent publication ...

Lung Ultrasound for Acute Chest Syndrome

15 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Acute chest syndrome is such a great application for lung ultrasound, especially in pediatrics where we do everything we can to dodge the harmful affe...

Transcranial Doppler in Traumatic Brain Injury

01 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Transcranial doppler has been a developing interest to point-of-care ultrasound enthusiasts. While it has been a mainstay for certain inpatient indica...

Pediatric POCUS Interpretation

15 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This is the first episode of GEL Jr. - our pediatric series! Hosts Delia Gold and Lianne McLean join Mike in discussing an important article on the le...

Integrated Lung Ultrasound for the Diagnosis of COVID-19

01 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Look - we're sorry. We know you are sick of COVID-19, but when this came across our desk we knew it was important. So far we know that point-of-care l...

GEL Live! Optic Nerve Sheath Diameter & How to G.E.L.

21 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We are back for Part 2 of this raucous jamboree! Creagh, Mike, and the gang from Denver Health Ultrasound continue sounding the depths of the article ...

GEL Live! Optic Nerve Sheath Diameter & How to G.E.L.

14 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This episode is a real holiday special! Creagh and Mike collaborate with the Denver Health Ultrasound team to do a live (at the time) journal club on ...

Ischemic Stroke

23 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

I know your first thought - is this for real?! The POCUS enthusiasts have gone off the rails again! Well - that very well may be the case, but hear me...

Diverticulitis

09 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Ultrasound of the bowel is a relatively new application for POCUS users. It came into the spotlight proving itself with small bowel obstruction, but n...

G.E.L. 100

12 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Well...we finally made it. This is the 100th episode of the Ultrasound G.E.L. Podcast! The whole team is on this one, and we discuss thoughts sent in ...

VExUS

28 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

You may have heard whispers of a magical new way to determine if your patient has too much fluid on board. The VExuS (Venous Excess UltraSound) gradin...

COVID-19 Severity

14 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We haven't discussed COVID-19 for a long time, despite the explosion of POCUS articles on how ultrasound can be used during this pandemic. Many of the...

Return of the Aortic Dissection

31 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We are making some headway in the evidence behind using point-of-care ultrasound in aortic emergencies. This study takes a look at sensitivity and spe...

Shoulder Dislocation Revisited

03 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

People have been using POCUS to diagnosis shoulder dislocation for a while now, although it is far from standard of care in most places. We have seen ...

Deep Learning for Peripheral IV Anatomy

06 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Deep learning is a branch of artificial intelligence that holds a lot of promise for point-of-care ultrasound, but we don't have much data on how it p...

Chest Tube Location

22 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Placing a tube thoracostomy (aka chest tube) is a very useful procedure but can have complications of injuring the diaphragm or intraabdominal organs....

How to Do POCUS Research - Part 2

08 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We are back with Part 2 of discussing POCUS research with renowned expert and researcher, Michael Gottlieb. More pearls, pitfalls, tips, and tricks to...

How to Do POCUS Research - Part 1

25 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We have reviewed a lot of POCUS articles on this podcast, but we don't often talk about the process of performing a research study. On this episode, w...

Pediatric Peritonsillar Abscess

11 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

For peritonsillar abscesses, sometimes you need imaging to make the diagnosis clear. Many turn to CT, but ultrasound offers an appealing alternative. ...

The FASH Exam

27 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The FASH exam is not just a typo when trying to write about the FAST exam. FASH stands for Focused Assessment with Sonography for HIV-associated Tuber...

GI Bleed Risk

30 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

It's not what you think - POCUS is not going to be used to diagnose a GI bleed. However, perhaps it can be used to risk stratify this diverse group of...

POCUS in COVID-19

17 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

COVID-19 is here, there, and everywhere. Mike Mallin joins in to examine the first published reports on POCUS being used on the front lines. We discus...

A POCUS Protocol for Renal Colic

02 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We know that point of care ultrasound can be used to find evidence of urinary obstruction in patients with renal colic from a kidney stone. However, i...

Focused Echo for Pulmonary Embolism in Patients with Abnormal Vital Signs

17 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

A focused cardiac ultrasound is commonly used in the evaluation of patients with possible pulmonary embolism (PE). Based on the literature to date, we...

Short versus Long for IJ Cannulation

03 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

It is an age-old question - short or long axis? Using ultrasound guidance for internal jugular vein cannulation is now fairly standard. There are a lo...

Focused Cardiac Ultrasound for Acute Aortic Syndromes

20 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Acute aortic syndromes such as aortic dissection, aortic aneurysm, penetrating ulcer are tricky. No one wants to miss these deadly diseases, but we al...

US-Guided Regional Anesthesia for Acute Pain: The Evidence

23 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Back with more blocks in Part 2. Mike and Mike continue to explore, discuss, and laugh about the evidence for ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia fo...

US-Guided Regional Anesthesia for Acute Pain: The Evidence

09 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Everyone who has ever done one knows that ultrasound guided blocks are great. They seem to help patients, they are fun to do, but are they supported b...