Can Medical Students Learn and Perform POCUS in the Pediatric Emergency Department? Implementation of a Short Curriculum

• Main Authors: Michael C. Cooper (Author), Jodi Jones (Author), Mandy Pascual (Author), Steven Field (Author), Juan M. Rendon (Author), Christine Kulstad (Author), Bryant Dixon (Author), Kristie Pham Tu (Author), Aman Narayan (Author), Hunter Pyle (Author), Khiem Hoang (Author), Anthony Han (Author), Dalbir Bahga (Author), Aman Pandey (Author), Lynn Roppolo (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: CINQUILL Medical Publishers Inc., 2022-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Purpose: To determine medical student ability to accurately obtain and interpret POCUS exams of varying difficulty in the pediatric population after a short didactic and hands-on POCUS course.  Methods: Five medical students were trained in four POCUS applications (bladder volume, long bone for frac...