Point of Care Ultrasound Made Easy

Point of Care Ultrasound Made Easy (POCUSME) is an exciting and innovative book that aims to teach all healthcare professionals how to do simple and clinically relevant ultrasound scanning at the point of care. This book will help you solve clinical problems at the bedside across a range of specialty areas, including: trauma, emergency medicine, respiratory medicine, cardiology, general surgery, otolaryngology and vascular surgery. Straightforward and practical, and designed for clinicians who are generally unfamiliar with ultrasound scanning, it will make a positive difference to your clinical practice, and help improve the delivery of optimised patient care. So read the book, grab an ultrasound machine, and please embrace the Point of Care Ultrasound movement!

PART I: BACKGROUND TO POINT-OF-CARE ULTRASOUND MADE EASY (POCUSME). CHAPTER 1 HOW DOES ULTRASOUND WORK? CHAPTER 2 POINT-OF-CARE ULTRASOUND (POCUS). PART II: ULTRASOUND ASSESSMENTS BY BODY SYSTEM. CHAPTER 3 NECK ULTRASOUND. CHAPTER 4 THORACIC ULTRASOUND. CHAPTER 5 CARDIAC ULTRASOUND. CHAPTER 6 ABDOMINO-PELVIC ULTRASOUND. CHAPTER 7 MUSCULOSKELETAL ULTRASOUND. CHAPTER 8 ARTERIAL ULTRASOUND. CHAPTER 9 VENOUS ULTRASOUND. PART III: ASSESSMENT. CHAPTER 10 SINGLE BEST ANSWER ASSESSMENT.

John McCafferty BEng PhD MBChB MD MRCP is a Respiratory Consultant at Royal Edinburgh Infirmary, Scotland, UK. He specialises in interventional pulmonology, lung cancer and pleural disease.

James M Forsyth MBBS MRCS MSc (HPE) is a Vascular & Endovascular Surgery Registrar at the Leeds Vascular Institute, UK. His special interests include diabetic foot disease, vascular access and major trauma.