%0 Journal Article %T Accidental Carotid Artery Cannulation Detected by Bedside Ultrasound %A Chiles %A Kris %A Nagdev %A Arun %J Western Journal of Emergency Medicine : Integrating Emergency Care with Population Health %D 2011 %I UC Irvine Health School of Medicine. %X This report highlights the importance of using bedside ultrasound in the emergency department to confirm guide-wire placement when performing central venous catheter placement prior to dilating and cannulating the vessel. [West J Emerg Med. 2011;12(1):100-101.] %K ultrasound %K central venous catheter %K arterial puncture %U http://escholarship.org/uc/item/35s3m18h