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Getting started in paediatric emergency medicine point‐of‐care ultrasound: Five fundamental applications
Author(s) -
Snelling Peter James
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
australasian journal of ultrasound in medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2205-0140
pISSN - 1836-6864
DOI - 10.1002/ajum.12191
Subject(s) - medicine , point of care ultrasound , medical emergency , medical physics , clinical practice , emergency department , point of care , intensive care medicine , safeguard , ultrasound , nursing , radiology , law , political science
Point‐of‐care ultrasound is a valuable tool in the Paediatric Emergency Medicine department. It can be utilised at the patient bedside to augment the physical examination, improving clinical accuracy. Alternatively, it can safeguard needle guided procedures and improve their success rate. It allows real‐time information to be gathered without exposing the child to ionising radiation. This article outlines five fundamental applications and how it can be incorporated into clinical practice.