Time to establish pillars in point-of-care ultrasound

Carolynne J Cormack; Anthony M Wald; Peter R Coombs; Leah Kallos; Gabriel E Blecher

doi:10.1002/ajum.12126

Time to establish pillars in point-of-care ultrasound

Australas J Ultrasound Med. 2019 Feb 19;22(1):12-14. doi: 10.1002/ajum.12126. eCollection 2019 Feb.

Authors

Carolynne J Cormack¹, Anthony M Wald², Peter R Coombs^{1

3}, Leah Kallos¹, Gabriel E Blecher^{4

5}

Affiliations

¹ Monash Imaging Monash Medical Centre Monash Health Melbourne Victoria Australia.
² Monash Cardiovascular Research Centre MonashHeart Monash Medical Centre Melbourne Victoria Australia.
³ Department of Medical Imaging and Radiation Sciences Monash University Melbourne Victoria Australia.
⁴ Monash Emergency Research Collaborative School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health Monash University Clayton Victoria Australia.
⁵ Monash Medical Centre Emergency Program Monash Health Melbourne Victoria Australia.

Abstract

Point of care ultrasound (PoCUS) has evolved rapidly and is used by many medical specialties. We propose five essential pillars of PoCUS that are necessary framework for hospital-based PoCUS training and credentialing programs. The pillars are: governance, infrastructure, administration, education and quality. It is time to establish these pillars to ensure the best practice in PoCUS use.

Keywords: PoCUS; education; governance; point‐of‐care ultrasound; quality.