Open AccessReview: Paramedic POCUS, Turning Our Heads to the Prehospital Side of the Fence: A Narrative Review of Education, Training and Future Direction
Author(s) -
Cristina D’Alessandro,
Ian R. Drennan,
Joseph Newbigging,
Amer M. Johri
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
pocus journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2369-8543
DOI - 10.24908/pocus.v3i1.13302
Subject(s) - turning point , fence (mathematics) , tipping point (physics) , ultrasound , point (geometry) , medicine , narrative review , narrative , training (meteorology) , radiology , medical physics , medical emergency , acoustics , engineering , intensive care medicine , art , electrical engineering , physics , geometry , mathematics , structural engineering , period (music) , literature , meteorology
Portable ultrasound is a burgeoning technology with unrealized potential at a critical point in its evolution [1]. Francis Galton first generated ultrasound waves in 1876; however, it wasn’t until 1940 that ultrasound was first applied to clinical medicine [2]. Reaching a “tipping point”, ultrasound is being rapidly assimilated into many medical specialties beyond radiology, now in the hands of non-radiologist, non-cardiologist novel users [2].