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Current State of Point-of-care Ultrasound Usage in Canadian Emergency Departments.
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24 citing papers in PubMed.
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- Point-of-Care Ultrasound as a Key Diagnostic Tool in the Emergency Detection of Severe Pericardial Effusion.Cureus · 2026Article
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- Utilizing a balloon sheath and miniprobe for diagnostic endoscopic ultrasound in eosinophilic esophagitis: a case series.The ultrasound journal · 2024Article
- Use of point-of-care ultrasound in rural British Columbia: Scale, training, and barriers.Canadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien · 2024Article
- A Real-World Experience: Retrospective Review of Point-of-Care Ultrasound Utilization and Quality in Community Emergency Departments.The western journal of emergency medicine · 2023Article
- Persistently High Rates of Abdominal Computed Tomography Imaging Among Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease Who Present to the Emergency Department.Journal of the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology · 2023Article
- Self-reported skills and self-confidence in point-of-care ultrasound: a cross-sectional nationwide survey amongst Finnish emergency physicians.BMC emergency medicine · 2023Article
- Prevalence of Phantom Scanning in Cardiac Arrest and Trauma Resuscitations: The Scary Truth.POCUS journal · 2023Article
- Current use and perceived barriers of emergency point-of-care ultrasound by African health care practitioners.African journal of emergency medicine : Revue africaine de la medecine d'urgence · 2022Article
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- The utility of point of care ultrasonography (POCUS).Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2021Article
- Utilization of Point-of-care Echocardiography in Cardiac Arrest: A Cross-sectional Pilot Study.The western journal of emergency medicine · 2021Article
- The Ultrasound Competency Assessment Tool (UCAT): Development and Evaluation of a Novel Competency-based Assessment Tool for Point-of-care Ultrasound.AEM education and training · 2021Article
- A systematic review of the cost-effectiveness of ultrasound in emergency care settings.The ultrasound journal · 2021Review
- The role of point-of-care ultrasound in the diagnosis of pericardial effusion: a single academic center retrospective study.The ultrasound journal · 2021Article
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Abstract
Background Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) has many applications in emergency medicine, which have been proven to improve patient outcomes. Training programs and well-established guidelines for its use are available, but Canadian adoption rates and attitudes toward this technology have not been recently assessed. Objectives This study aimed to provide a national assessment of the current use of POCUS in Canadian emergency departments (ED) including patterns of use, attitudes towards its role, descriptors of training experience, as well as barriers to increased utilization. Methods An electronic survey was sent to physician members of the Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians. The survey included questions related to demographics, attitudes towards POCUS, POCUS utilization, and barriers to POCUS use. Responses were statistically analyzed to identify significant associations. Results Responses demonstrated a strong association between POCUS training and amount of POCUS usage. Neither hospital type nor community type was associated with the degree of POCUS usage. POCUS was most widely adopted for Canadian Point of Care Ultrasound Society (CPOCUS) core applications and has increased since the last national survey. The most commonly reported barrier to increased POCUS adoption was the lack of training. Most physicians have formal POCUS training in core applications, and approximately one third have advanced training. Conclusions POCUS training and utilization appear to have increased since the last national assessment. This provides a foundation for future POCUS research.
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