POCUS Benefits and Implementation Strategies During this webinar, Dr. Tatiana Havryliuk explores the benefits of POCUS for patients, clinicians, and facilities. She’ll delve into...
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Pneumothorax – Can POCUS Lung Help?
By Victor V Rao MBBS, DMRD, RDMS Ob/Gyn and Abdomen (APCA) Pneumothorax is the presence of air outside the lung and in the pleural space. The pleural space is the potential space...
Pelvic Ultrasound
A 16-year-old female underwent a routine pelvic ultrasound. The urine pregnancy test and serum beta-human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) were negative. What is the most...
The POCUS Pelvic Examination Can Help Women with Post-menopausal Bleeding
By Alaa Elzarka MD, PhD, OB GYN Lecturer, Alexandria Faculty of Medicine Abnormal uterine bleeding is considered a common problem for women during their childbearing period....
Advancement in Medicine Leads to a Narrowing of the Gap in Healthcare
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 progress, we...
Improving Accessibility to POCUS Training
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. Dr. Soni...
Virtual POCUS Mentorship and Training in East Africa, Peru & Yemen
About Our Guest William Cherniak, BSc, MD, is an Emergency physician with training in family medicine and global public health. He is a cofounder and board chair of Bridge to...
Support ED Employees by Staying Healthy During the Holidays
Hospitals across the country are at or over capacity, and multiple factors are leading to hours-long wait times in the emergency department (ED) and the postponement of elective...
Choosing POCUS Can Decrease Radiation Exposure in Pneumonia Patients
Pneumonia is the number one cause of death in children and the second highest cause of adult hospital admissions. In 2020, cases of the infection spiked due to COVID. Medicine®...
Saluting Our Troops and the Revolutionary Impacts They Have on Medicine
Happy Veteran's Day! Thank you for all you do to protect our freedoms and ensure our safety. We would not be America without you. You not only shape our daily lives but have also...
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This blog comes from our friends at Peachtree POCUS. Visit their site for the original post and for additional resources. Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) is an...
We’re excited to kick off a new project with the faculty of University of Santo Tomas (UST). The focus is on building point-of-care (POCUS) capacity, enabling UST...
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Recently we had the opportunity, in collaboration with Amref International University, to sponsor a webinar for the National Nurses Association of Kenya. The topic of...
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