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Welcome

Welcome to the Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS) Web site. This site provides teaching resources that can be used by medical educators in the classroom, and by trainees for self-study.

The introduction of high fidelity portable and hand held ultrasound systems has allowed physicians to use ultrasound at the point of care for rapid assessment of the patient's condition and determine appropriate therapy. Point of care ultrasound (POCUS) for assessing the heart using a protocol called Focused Cardiac Ultrasound (FOCUS) has provided clinically important information within minutes to guide decision-making in critically ill patients. The FOCUS cardiac protocol is becoming widely used by non-cardiologists in many clinical settings. POCUS protocols have also been developed for rapid assessment of the lungs, abdomen and vessels.

FOCUS and Lung Ultrasound Modules

The modules on this POCUS website are intended to help the user to relate ultrasound images to the three-dimensional anatomy of the structures they are viewing. We have launched this website with two modules: one covering the five views used in FOCUS cardiac assessment and the other covering 6 views used in the ultrasound assessment of the lung. Over the coming months, the illustration of cardiac and lung pathology will be added to these two modules, and further modules will be developed for the abdomen and vesels.