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Understanding The Basic Physics of Ultrasound

POCUS, or point of care ultrasound, allows physicians to perform ultrasound exams at the bedside to help diagnose or manage patients. Effective POCUS requires approaching each exam with a focused question to answer, such as looking for hydronephrosis of the kidneys, gallstones in the gallbladder, or abdominal aortic aneurysms. Interpretation skills improve with practice, but the document recommends learning the important clinical skills through the website medmastery.com.

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Understanding The Basic Physics of Ultrasound

POCUS, or point of care ultrasound, allows physicians to perform ultrasound exams at the bedside to help diagnose or manage patients. Effective POCUS requires approaching each exam with a focused question to answer, such as looking for hydronephrosis of the kidneys, gallstones in the gallbladder, or abdominal aortic aneurysms. Interpretation skills improve with practice, but the document recommends learning the important clinical skills through the website medmastery.com.

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POCUS 101
Understanding POCUS basics

What is POCUS?
POCUS, or point of care ultrasound, is an ultrasound exam that is performed by a physician at the bedside,
while assessing or managing a patient. You may perform it to help with a diagnosis, plan a treatment or
intervention, or assess your treatment plan.

What is the “focused question”?


We are not radiologists who do “comprehensive”
U SED
FOC
assessments of organ systems, but instead we
approach the ultrasound scan with a specific
question that we want answered. For each
?
application, you must know what you are looking
for before performing the point of care exam.

Renal Is there hydronephrosis?

Gallbladder Are there gallstones?

Abdominal aorta Is there an abdominal aortic aneurysm?

Learning curve
Your acquisition and interpretation skills will improve, but will require practice and review.

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