Recommendations for the use of point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) by emergency physicians in Canada

D Lewis, L Rang, D Kim, L Robichaud… - Canadian Journal of …, 2019 - cambridge.org
David Lewis, MBBS*; Louise Rang, MD†; Daniel Kim, MD‡; Laurie Robichaud, MD § ;
Charisse Kwan, MD¶; Chau Pham, MD║; Allan Shefrin, MD**; Brandon Ritcey, MD††; Paul …

A majority of rural emergency departments in the province of Quebec use point-of-care ultrasound: a cross-sectional survey

P Léger, R Fleet, JM Giguère, J Plant, É Piette… - BMC emergency …, 2015 - Springer
Background Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) can be used to provide rapid answers to
specific and potentially life-threatening clinical questions, and to improve the safety of …

[HTML][HTML] Current state of point-of-care ultrasound usage in Canadian emergency departments

M Leschyna, E Hatam, S Britton, F Myslik, D Thompson… - Cureus, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) has many applications in emergency
medicine, which have been proven to improve patient outcomes. Training programs and …

Barriers to point-of-care ultrasound use in rural emergency departments

T Micks, K Sue, P Rogers - Canadian Journal of Emergency …, 2016 - cambridge.org
Over the past few decades, point-of-care ultrasound (PoCUS) has come to play a major role
in the practice of emergency medicine. Despite its numerous benefits, there has been a slow …

Point-of-care ultrasound—history, current and evolving clinical concepts in emergency medicine

J Osterwalder, E Polyzogopoulou, B Hoffmann - Medicina, 2023 - mdpi.com
Point-of-care ultrasound (PoCUS) has become an indispensable standard in emergency
medicine. Emergency medicine ultrasound (EMUS) is the application of bedside PoCUS by …

Perception of pointofcare ultrasound performed by emergency medicine physicians

W Hansen, CE Mitchell, B Bhattarai… - Journal of Clinical …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose Pointofcare ultrasound (POCUS) is integral to the practice of emergency
medicine (EM). Furthermore, EMperformed POCUS (EMPOCUS) offers consultants the …

The clinical impact and prevalence of emergency point-of-care ultrasound: a prospective multicenter study

X Bobbia, L Zieleskiewicz, C Pradeilles… - … Critical Care & Pain …, 2017 - Elsevier
Objective The main objectives of our study were to evaluate the prevalence of emergency
point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) use and to assess the impact of POCUS on: diagnostic …

Pointofcare ultrasonography (POCUS) in a community emergency department: an analysis of decision making and cost savings associated with POCUS

GWW Van Schaik, KD Van Schaik… - Journal of Ultrasound …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives Pointofcare ultrasonography (POCUS) is an increasingly integral part of
emergency medicine. This study investigated community emergency department physicians' …

Point-of-care ultrasound in primary care: a systematic review of generalist performed point-of-care ultrasound in unselected populations

B Sorensen, S Hunskaar - The ultrasound journal, 2019 - Springer
Background Both the interest and actual extent of use of point-of-care ultrasound, PoCUS,
among general practitioners or family physicians are increasing and training is also …

International Federation for Emergency Medicine point of care ultrasound curriculum

P Atkinson, J Bowra, M Lambert… - Canadian Journal of …, 2015 - cambridge.org
To meet a critical and growing need for a standardized approach to emergency point of care
ultrasound (PoCUS) worldwide, emergency physicians must be trained to deliver and teach …