Start with the Fundamentals

POCUS Fundamentals Certificate*

By completing your two-part POCUS Fundamentals Certificate assessment, you’ll be eligible to earn either other individual clinical POCUS Certificates and/or POCUS specialty Certifications.

Individual Clinical POCUS Certificates

The POCUS Certification Academy offers a wide v​ariety of specialized individual clinical POCUS Certificates.
Prerequisite: POCUS Fundamentals Certificate or meeting waiver requirements.

Our current offerings

• Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) Certificate ¹
• Abdominal Trauma Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) Certificate ^{1, 2 and 3}
• Cardiac Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) Certificate
• Gastrointestinal Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) Certificate
• Hepatobiliary/Spleen Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) Certificate
• Lower Extremity Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) Certificate ¹
• Lung Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) Certificate ^{1 and 2}
• Musculoskeletal (MSK) Soft Tissue Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) Certificate
• Obstetrics/First Trimester Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) Certificate
• Renal/Genitourinary Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) Certificate

¹ Includes components of the Rapid Ultrasound for Shock and Hypotension (RUSH) protocol.
² Includes components of the Extended Focused Assessment with Sonography for Trauma (eFAST) protocol.
³ Includes components of the Focused Assessment with Sonography in Trauma (FAST) protocol.

Specialty POCUS Certifications

Specialty POCUS Certifications are offered for those seeking to further validate an expanded level of expertise in point-of-care ultrasound procedures that focus on a particular medical specialty. Certifications are awarded once the candidate has successfully passed the clinical case assessments for each clinical Certificate in the selected Certification and has had the corresponding peer evaluations completed.

POCUS Generalist Certification

• Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA)
• Cardiac
• Hepatobiliary/Spleen
• Lower Extremity Deep Venous Thrombus (DVT)
• Lung
• Musculoskeletal (MSK) and Soft Tissue
• Obstetrics/First Trimester
• Renal/Genitourinary

The POCUS Generalist Certification is for healthcare professionals specializing in family medicine, primary care or general practice and who have already earned the POCUS Fundamentals Certificate.

POCUS Emergency Medicine Certification

• Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA)
• Abdominal Trauma
• Cardiac
• Hepatobiliary/Spleen
• Lower Extremity Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT)
• Lung
• Obstetrics/First Trimester

The POCUS Emergency Medicine POCUS Certification is for first responders, ER physicians and staff, as well as other emergency medicine providers.  Below are some key reasons why emergency medical professionals, who have already earned the POCUS Fundamentals Certificate, choose to advance their credentials with the Point-of-Care Ultrasound Emergency Medicine Certificate:

1. Ability to do scans and provide immediate diagnoses
2. Providing a critical edge in saving patient lives
3. Improved patient safety through faster, more accurate diagnostics
4. Online assessments available 24/7 from your own location