The Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency (@sjtrem.bsky.social)

Implementing #ultrasound in #EMS: assessing physician proficiency & training requirements sjtrem.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.... Takeaways: - Mobile US can be used by EMS physicians even without extensive prior experience - #POCUS can find important findings with a high level of certainty

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Implementing ultrasound in emergency medical services: assessing physician proficiency and training requirements Background Bedside ultrasound plays an important role in diagnostics and monitoring, especially in emergency medicine. Modern technology makes ultrasound available in a mobile and portable form, so it can be used even in prehospital emergency care with several interventional and diagnostic applications. This also raises the question of what kind of education and training is necessary for EMS (emergency medical services) physicians to be able to use Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) in the prehospital setting. Aims This observational study investigates the use of prehospital POCUS in a rural EMS area. It focuses the question of what level of competence is needed for EMS physicians to use POCUS adequately in the prehospital emergency setting for correct application and interpretation of the findings. https://sjtrem.biomedcentral.com/articles/10