Prisma Health - Richland

(1998 - present) Emergency Ultrasound Course co-Director and Instructor. Multiple lectures on emergency ultrasound presented nationwide as well as internationally in Austria, China, Central America and Africa.

Quality Assurance and Improvement in Clinical Ultrasound, American College of Emergency Physicians' Ultrasound Management Course. San Francisco, CA, 2004; Washington, DC, 2005; Seattle, WA, 2007; Chicago, IL, 2008, Las Vegas, NV, 2010.

Louis H, Hunt P, Cook T. Do Introductory Courses in Emergency Ultrasound Facilitate the Implementation of EM Physician-Performed Ultrasound into the Emergency Department? Abstract presentation at the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine, New York, NY; 2006 (J Ultrasound Med 26:S1-S230, March 2007.)

[2000 - Present] Instructor, South Carolina College of Emergency Medicine Oral Board Course. This course is a very popular intensive review for ABEM candidates preparing to take the oral board component of the certification exam. Direction involves enormous logistical requirements in terms of personnel and material. The course is conducting two times per year in different location in the United States and has to enrolled approximately 500 students over the last decade.

(2002 - Present) Board of Directors, South Carolina College of Emergency Physicians

(1998 - present) Instructor, Wilderness Medicine: Arctic Scenario; Food, Water Hygiene, and Diarrhea.

(2008) Emergency Ultrasound Award, American College of Emergency Physicians.

(2008) Richland Foundation Grant for Research ($3500) awarded for clinical research project: The Prevalence of Cardiomyopathy in Hypertensive Emergency Department Patients.

(2009) Service Award, Emergency Ultrasound Interest Group, Society of Academic Emergency Medicine.

(2010) Kosciusko R, Cook T, Hunt P, Beres M: Can Bedside Ultrasound be used to Detect Cardiomyopathy in Emergency Department Patients with Hypertension. Abstract presentation at American College of Emergency Physicians Scientific Assembly, Las Vegas, Nevada.

(2011) Kosciusko R, Cook T, Hunt P, Beres M: Can Bedside Ultrasound be used to Detect Cardiomyopathy in Emergency Department Patients with Hypertension. Abstract presentation at World Interactive Network Focused on Critical Ultrasound - "Ultrasound in Medical Education" conference, Columbia, SC, April 28-30.

Developing Resident and Fellowship Programs in Ultrasound - lecture - World Interactive Network Focused on Critical Ultrasound - "Ultrasound in Medical Education" conference, Columbia, SC, April 29th 2011.

Aorta and IVC Ultrasound - lecture - World Interactive Network Focused on Critical Ultrasound - "Ultrasound in Medical Education" conference, Columbia, SC, April 30th 2011.

Ultrasound Guided Foreign Body Simulation: A Novel Use for SPAM Nolting L, Hunt P, Cook T. Presented at SAEM, IEME, Winner, June 2011, Boston, MA.

An inexpensive and easy ultrasound phantom: a novel use for SPAM. Nolting L, Hunt P, Douglas B. Presented at the AIUM/WFUMB Annual Convention, March 2015, Orlando, FL.

Solar Powered Ultrasound: A Month in the Himalayas. Baker D, Brown H, Hunt P, Cook T, Nolting L. Presented at the AIUM Annual Convention, March 2018, NY, NY

Solar Powered Ultrasound. Hardy Z, Baker D, Brown H, Hunt P, Cook T, Nolting L. Presented at Discover University of South Carolina, April 2018, Columbia, SC

Gaspari, R, et al. Limited Cardiac Ultrasound in Cardiac Arrest and Impact on Image Quality: A Multicenter REASON Study SAEM, May, 2020


Gaspari, R, et al, Basic Cardiac Ultrasound is Not the Same As Echocardiography, Impact on Cardiac Arrest: A REASON Study SAEM, May, 2020

Gaspari, R, et al, Characteristics of Brief Limited Cardiac Ultrasound and Its Implications on Resuscitation: A Multicenter REASON Study SAEM, May, 2020


Pulmonary and Airway Ultrasound, South Carolina Society for Respiratory Care Regional Update Meeting. August 2022, Columbia, SC.

Delayed Presentation of Empyema with Diaphragmatic Erosion and Peri-Hepatic Pseudoaneurysm Following Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy: Ultrasonographic Findings and Review. Seymore Z, Nolting L, Boyer B. Discovery Day USC, April 2019.

Prehospital Point of Care Ultrasound: FAST and Feasible? Nolting L, Patel C, Schoeneck J, Swartzentruber D, Robinson S, Bowser M, Hardy Z, Hittson A. Discovery Day USC, April 2019.

Impact of Point of Care Ultrasound in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Patients in Rural Uganda. Baker D, Brown H, Nolting L. AIUM Annual Convention, March 2020, NY, NY.

Utilizing Ultrasound-guided Midline Catheters with Residents in the Emergency Department. Corriher T, et. al, Nolting L. Discover UofSC, April 2022 **winner

Utilizing Ultrasound-guided Midline Catheters with Residents in the Emergency Department. Sanders D, Nolting L, Fraser W, Osborne N, Ferguson K. AIUM UltraCon 2023, Orlando, Fl. March 2023.

Evaluating the Feasibility of Tele-Ultrasound for Midwife and Nurse performing FAST and Obstetrical Ultrasound in Rural Uganda. Baker D, Irish A, Brown H, Stratton A, Nolting L, Atukunda T. AIUM UltraCon 2023, Orlando, Fl. March 2023.

Nolting L, Baker D, Hardy Z, Kushinka M, Brown HA.J Ultrasound Med. 2019 Jan 17. Solar-Powered Point-of-Care Sonography: Our Himalayan Experience.

Nolting L, Hunt P, Cook T, Douglas B. An Inexpensive and Easy Ultrasound Phantom: A Novel Use for SPAM
Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine April 2016 35:819-822;

Hoppman R, Hunt P, Louis H, Keisler B, Richeson N, Rao V, Stacy J, Howe D: Medical Student Identification of Knee Effusion by Ultrasound. http://www.hindawi.com/isrn/rheumatology/2011/874596/

Kosciusko R, Cook T, Hunt P, Beres M: Can Bedside Ultrasound be used to Detect Cardiomyopathy in Emergency Department Patients with Hypertension. Abstract presentation at American College of Emergency Physicians Scientific Assembly, Las Vegas Nevada, 2010. Publication pending in Annals of Emergency Medicine.

Ahern M, Hunt P: Lack of Standardization Exists in Ultrasound Education Among Emergency Medicine Residency Programs. Western Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2010;11(3).

Cook T, Hunt P: Introduction to Clinical Ultrasound. On-line publication for Introduction to Clinical Ultrasound at www.emergencyultrasound.com. 3rd Rock Ultrasound, Columbia, South Carolina, 2010.

Cook T, Hunt P: Ultrasound Physics. On-line publication for Introduction to Clinical Ultrasound at www.emergencyultrasound.com. 3rd Rock Ultrasound, Columbia, South Carolina, 2010.

Cook T, Hunt P: Ultrasound Instrumentation. On-line publication for Introduction to Clinical Ultrasound at www.emergencyultrasound.com. 3rd Rock Ultrasound, Columbia, South Carolina, 2010.

Cook T, Hunt P: Abdominal & Retroperitoneal Anatomy. On-line publication for Introduction to Clinical Ultrasound at www.emergencyultrasound.com. 3rd Rock Ultrasound, Columbia, South Carolina, 2010.

Cook T, Hunt P: Abdominal & Retroperitoneal Pathology. On-Line publication for Introduction to Clinical Ultrasound at www.emergencyultrasound.com. 3rd Rock Ultrasound, Columbia, South Carolina, 2010.

Cook T, Hunt P: Ultrasound-Guided Vascular Access. On-line publication for Introduction to Clinical Ultrasound at www.emergencyultrasound.com. 3rd Rock Ultrasound, Columbia, South Carolina, 2010.

Cook T, Hunt P: Female Pelvic Anaotmy. On-line publication for Introduction to Clinical Ultrasound at www.emergencyultrasound.com. 3rd Rock Ultrasound, Columbia, South Carolina, 2010.

Cook T, Hunt P: Gynecologic Pathology. On-line publication for Introduction to Clinical Ultrasound at www.emergencyultrasound.com. 3rd Rock Ultrasound, Columbia, South Carolina, 2010.

Cook T, Hunt P: First Trimester Pregnancy. On-line publication for Introduction to Clinical Ultrasound at www.emergencyultrasound.com. 3rd Rock Ultrasound, Columbia, South Carolina, 2010.

Cook T, Hunt P: Trauma Ultrasound. On-line publication for Introduction to Clinical Ultrasound at www.emergencyultrasound.com. 3rd Rock Ultrasound, Columbia, South Carolina, 2010.

Cook T, Hunt P: Doppler Physics. On-line publication for Advanced Emergency Ultrasound Course at www.emergencyultrasound.com. 3rd Rock Ultrasound, Columbia, South Carolina, 2010.

Cook T, Hunt P: Pulmonary Ultrasound. On-line publication for Advanced Emergency Ultrasound Course at www.emergencyultrasound.com. 3rd Rock Ultrasound, Columbia, South Carolina, 2010.

Cook T, Hunt P: Resuscitation Ultrasound - Part 1. On-Line publication for Advanced Emergency Ultrasound Course at www.emergencyultrasound.com. 3rd Rock Ultrasound, Columbia, South Carolina, 2010.

Cook T, Hunt P: Resuscitation Ultrasound - Part 2. On-line publication for Advanced Emergency Ultrasound Course at www.emergencyultrasound.com. 3rd Rock Ultrasound, Columbia, South Carolina, 2010.

Cook T, Hunt P: DVT Ultrasound. On-line publication for Advanced Emergency Ultrasound Course at www.emergencyultrasound.com. 3rd Rock Ultrasound, Columbia, South Carolina 2010.

Cook T, Hunt P: Soft-tissue Ultrasound. On-line publication for Advanced Emergency Ultrasound Course at www.emergencyultrasound.com. 3rd Rock Ultrasound, Columbia, South Carolina 2010.

Louis H, Hunt P, Cook T. Do Introductory Courses in Emergency Ultrasound Facilitate the Implementation of EM Physician-Performed Ultrasound into the Emergency Department?, J Ultrasound Med 26:S1-S230, March 2007.


Cook T, Hunt P, Hoppeman R: Emergency Medicine Leads to Way for Teaching Medical Students in Clinical Ultrasound: A Radical Paradigm Shift in Patient Imaging. Acad Emerg Med. 2007; 14(6): 558-561.

Hoppeman R, Cook T, Hunt P. Ultrasound in Medical Education: A Vertical Curriculum at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine. S C Med J. 2006;122: 330-334.

Reardon R, Cook T, Clinton J, et al: Ultrasound is a Necessary Skill for Emergency Physicians, Acad Emerg Med. 2006; 13: 334-336.