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Anaesthesiology
Training, Certification of Proficiency and Medicolegal Concerns for Point-of-Care Ultrasound in Anesthesia and Critical Care
Built from Practical Ultrasound in Anesthesia
What’s inside
6 sections · 50 slides
Overview
- Topics covered
Background and definitions
What point-of-care ultrasound is, and the terms used throughout
- What point-of-care ultrasound is
- Two kinds of POCUS
- Diagnostic POCUS vs consultative ultrasound
- Anesthesiology and diagnostic POCUS
POCUS training
The three curriculum elements, how they are taught, and minimum study numbers
- Training has been variable
- Who has provided guidance
- Three curriculum elements
- Teaching the three elements
- Why hands-on scanning is essential
- Level 1 vs Level 2 studies
- Where the minimum numbers come from
- Supervised studies for each application
- Supervised Studies Recommended for Achieving POCUS Competency
- Two assumptions behind the numbers
Certification and competence
Certificates vs certification, the ASA program, and credentialing
- Why certification exists
- Three terms defined
- Certificate vs certification
- ASA Diagnostic POCUS Certificate Program
- Certificate program requirements
- What the certificate is — and is not
- ACGME residency requirements
- ABA board exam content
- Why no separate board certification
- Credentialing and privileging
- Institutional credentialing framework
- Quality review and maintenance
Ethical concerns
Thermal safety, consent, and department safeguards
- POCUS is safe, but not risk-free
- Tissues at thermal risk
- Minimize exposure and obtain consent
- Department safeguards
Medicolegal concerns
What the lawsuit evidence shows about POCUS risk
- Why medicolegal risk matters
- Historical medicolegal concerns
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- Blaivas and Pawl (1987–2007)
- Stolz et al. (2008–2012)
- Russ et al. (2012–2021)
- Limits of the emergency medicine studies
- Beyond emergency medicine
- Prager et al. — Canadian data
- The medicolegal studies at a glance
- Published Retrospective Legal Database Studies on POCUS — Study Characteristics
- Published Retrospective Legal Database Studies on POCUS — Lawsuits and Consultative Services
- Published Retrospective Legal Database Studies on POCUS — Diagnoses Involved
- Medicolegal summary
- Key takeaways
- References
- References
- References
- Practical Ultrasound in Anesthesia for Critical Care and Pain Management