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Emergency Medicine — Always There

Imagine going from doing the everyday tasks—walking the dog, dressing for work or school, eating a meal—to encountering a life-threatening ordeal that no one could predict....

Our Resolution to Pursue Better Care

New Year's resolutions are a tradition that has existed throughout history and can involve personal ambitions and professional goals, all with the hope of improving oneself and...

POCUS Creates Waves in 2020

2020 has been a year of challenges, growth, and resilience. In many ways, the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has interfered with humans' inherently social nature and brought the...

A Milestone of a Year

We all do it. The eleventh month of the year arrives, and we can't help but look back at the last forty or so weeks. We assess each day, determining if we loved enough, laughed...

PCA Volunteers Pay it Forward

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Spleen Ultrasound – How to Measure Length of the Spleen and Assess for Splenomegaly with Ultrasound

by | May 9, 2023 | POCUS Education | 0 Comments

By: Victor V Rao MBBS, DMRD, RDMS- Abdomen, Ob/Gyn (APCA) Introduction The spleen is an intraabdominal organ and is the largest organ of the lymphatic system. The...

Volunteers Are the Bedrock of the POCUS Mission

by | Mar 14, 2023 | News/Events,Past Events,POCUS Education | 0 Comments

What is the benefit of volunteers? The question seems silly, but if we stop and think, it’s difficult to tally all the ways volunteers are crucial to our mission. It’s...

Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) – Is the Blood Clot (DVT) Always Visible on B-mode Ultrasound?

by | Mar 7, 2023 | DVT,POCUS Education | 0 Comments

Victor V Rao MBBS, DMRD, RDMS- Abdomen, Ob/Gyn (APCA) Introduction Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) is a medical condition in which a blood clot develops in a deep vein,...

Let’s Put an End to Female Underrepresentation

by | Mar 3, 2023 | OB/GYN,POCUS Education | 0 Comments

In 1849, Elizabeth Blackwell became the first woman in America to earn a medical degree. When applying to schools, she was rejected at every institution except Geneva...

POCUS Provides Necessary Timeliness For Heart Health

by | Mar 3, 2023 | Cardiac,POCUS Education | 0 Comments

By late February, stores will have marked down the prices of their pink and red heart-shaped products and stocked the shelves with four-leaf clovers in preparation for...

Right Heart Evaluation

by | Mar 3, 2023 | Cardiac,POCUS Education | 0 Comments

James Day BA, RDCS The left ventricle (LV) usually receives the most attention regarding point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS). With that being the case, let’s take a moment...

Two Keys to Decreasing Cardiac Arrest Fatalities

by | Feb 13, 2023 | Cardiac,Emergency Medicine,POCUS Education | 0 Comments

Many medical professionals are likely familiar with the unfortunate depictions of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in Hollywood. A character drowns, is electrocuted,...

Advancement in Medicine Leads to a Narrowing of the Gap in Healthcare

by | Feb 3, 2023 | Family Medicine,General Medicine,POCUS Education,Primary Care Medicine | 0 Comments

Oxford Languages define progress as "forward or onward movement toward a destination." It's action that leads us to our intended goals and ideals. When we speak to...

Improving Accessibility to POCUS Training

by | Jan 30, 2023 | AAA,Abdominal Trauma,Cardiac,DVT,Emergency Medicine,Family Medicine,Gastrointestinal,General Medicine,Hepatobiliary/Spleen,Lung,MSK,OB/GYN,Physical Therapy,POCUS Education,Primary Care Medicine,Renal,Vascular | 0 Comments

Physician's Weekly recently interviewed Nilam J. Soni, MD, MS, SFHM, FACP, on the barriers keeping clinicians from receiving point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) training....