Gordon Johnson

Point-of-care ultrasound in the global health and resource-limited setting

Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) is ultrasound that is used by the clinician at the bedside to answer immediate (often binary) clinical question and/or help guide procedures. It differs from what is often called consultative or ‘formal’ ultrasound in that it is performed at the bedside by the treating physician (images are not acquired by a technician […]