How to do abdominal ultrasound examination

Old but still valid information. 0:00 - Intro 1:07 - Ultrasound fundamentals 3:12 - Preparations for examination 6:35 - Scanning basics 8:48 - How images are displayed on monitor 10:55 - 1 Basic abdominal scan 11:21 - 2 Left intercostal scan (spleen, left kidney) 14:58 - 3 Longitudinal scan (left hepatic lobe, pancreas) 18:40 - 4 Transverse scan (pancreas) 21:20 - 5 Oblique scan (tail of pancreas) 22:26 - 6 Right subcostal margin scan (liver, pv, rhv, ivc, right kidney, lhd, gall bladder) 30:02 - 7 Right hypochondriac oblique scan (trunk of pv, sbd, ibd) 31:26 - 8 Right intercostal scan (right hepatic lobe, gall bladder, rhd, right kidney, Morrison's pouch) 33:29 - Image adjustment and recording rhv = right hepatic vein rhd - right hepatic duct pv = portal vein ivc = inferior vena cava lhd = left hepatic duct sbd = superior bile duct ibd = inferior bile duct