Emergency Medicine - POCUS
What it is: A list of Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS) Learning Resources to help you as you adventure through the emergency room and beyond!
Ideal Audience: All residents, PEM fellows
Why It’s Great: Variety of learning resources, free.
How to Access it: Here's the list:
- Core Ultrasound:
- Basic videos of ultrasound approaches; Wide variety of organ systems and procedures
- Can watch on 1 or 1.5 speed as desired
- ALIEMU
- Free US courses, IV (Vascular), Intussusception, Hip Effusion, Optic Nerve
- "ALiEMU is an open-access, on-demand, online institution of e-courses for healthcare providers in Emergency Medicine and health professions education. All content on our platform has undergone expert peer review and follows best practices in instructional design for learners."
- POCUS Atlas
- Images & clips for global POCUS education
- NICU POCUS
- NICU POCUS Learning Resources
- Bedside Ultrasound book 1 & book 2 by Dawson & Mallin
- Free from iBooks or Inkling as linked!
- UNC Narrated POCUS Lectures Archive
How much time to budget for this: Varies depending on resource. Would recommend browsing options for 30 min or so and making an individualized study plan.
Other Thoughts/Comment/Advice: Don't hesitate to talk to the PEM faculty and US fellow for more info/guidance/practice time. You can always plan an individualized elective on POCUS if you'd like to take a deeper dive, using these resources as your materials to supplement your learning.