Medicine
Point-of-Care Ultrasound Applications in Emergency Medicine
Quick fact
POCUS can detect free intraperitoneal fluid with a sensitivity of about 73–99% in trauma, and it is now a standard part of emergency medicine training worldwide.
Why this is interesting
You’ve just been handed a portable ultrasound probe in a chaotic trauma bay. In seconds, it can tell you whether that unstable patient is bleeding into their abdomen. How?