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What is the role of POCUS? - correct answer ✔✔-focused US exam
-answers yes/no question
-helps make targeted diagnosis
-guides tx for known diagnosis
-done at bedside
What medical specialty first utilized US? - correct answer ✔✔cardiology
When did the POCUS use start? - correct answer ✔✔1970s
What are the general uses of POCUS? - correct answer ✔✔Basic cardiac
Pulmonary
Trauma/FAST
Gallbladder
Aorta
OBGYN
DVT
Procedure guidance
What basic cardiac conditions can be IDed using POCUS? - correct answer ✔✔CHF
, Tamponade
Asystole
Valvular pathology
Right-sided HF
What pulmonary conditions can be IDed using POCUS? - correct answer ✔✔TPTx
Effusion
Pneumonia
Edema
What trauma/FAST conditions can be IDed using POCUS? - correct answer
✔✔Intra-abdominal bleeding
What gallbladder conditions can be IDed using POCUS? - correct answer
✔✔Cholecystitis
Biliary colic
What aortic conditions can be IDed using POCUS? - correct answer ✔✔Dissection
AAA
What OBGYN conditions can be IDed using POCUS? - correct answer ✔✔IUP
Ectopic pregnancy
What vascular conditions can be IDed using POCUS? - correct answer ✔✔DVT
Baker's cysts