Point-of-Care Ultrasound for Critical Care

Common pitfalls in point-of-care ultrasound: a practical guide for emergency and critical care physicians

BACKGROUND Point-of-care ultrasonography (POCUS) is a widely used tool in emergency and critical care settings, useful in the decision-making process as well as in interventional guidance. While having an impressive diagnostic accuracy in the hands of highly skilled operators, inexperienced practitioners must be aware of some common misinterpretations that may lead to wrong decisions at the bed...

Overview of point-of-care abdominal ultrasound in emergency and critical care

Point-of-care abdominal ultrasound (US), which is performed by clinicians at bedside, is increasingly being used to evaluate clinical manifestations, to facilitate accurate diagnoses, and to assist procedures in emergency and critical care. Methods for the assessment of acute abdominal pain with point-of-care US must be developed according to accumulated evidence in each abdominal region. To de...

Part II – Critical Care Ultrasound

Opinion T he increased availability of good quality ultrasound machines in the critical care setting has encouraged the practicing clinician to utilise this rapidly applied, non-invasive, imaging modality to assist in patient management. The four main areas of non-cardiac applications are 1) ultrasound-guided vascular access, 2) lung ultrasound, 3) rapid abdominal assessment (including FAST) an...

Point of care or clinical ultrasound?

Emergency Ultrasound: Point-of-care Ultrasound in Emergency Medicine.

medical students deserve training in active listening and counseling before they encounter patients in distress. At the Alpert medical school of Brown university we created and evaluated a workshop that trains first-year medical students to assess patients’ emotional states and express empathy in an efficient and effective manner. using second-year students as near-peer facilitators, we integra...