Basic Abdominal Point‐of‐Care Ultrasound Training in the Undergraduate

García-Casasola, G; Sánchez, Francisco Javier García; Luordo, Davide; Zapata, Deborah Forrester; Frías, María Carnevali; Garrido, Victoria Villena; Martínez, Javier Villanueva; Sotilla, Alberto Forero de la; Casas-Rojo, José Manuel; Macho, J. Torres

doi:10.7863/ultra.15.11068

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“…A non-physician astronaut aboard the International Space Station successfully completed a FAST exam in 5.5 minutes with only brief training and voice assistance by a ground-based ultrasound expert. [5] A study from Spain by Garcia-Casasola et al [14] reported that 4 th year medical students with over 15 hours of hands-on training correctly imaged and identified the liver, spleen, and kidneys over 95% of the time, while the heart via the subxiphoid view had the lowest rate at 55%. In another study, after a three-day college POCUS course in the United States, premedical college students self-rated performing bladder ultrasound as their strongest area (4.86 on Likert scale), while obtaining the subxiphoid view their weakest area (4.40).…”

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Can an 8^th grade student learn point of care ultrasound?

Kwon¹,

Lahham

Fox

2019

World Journal of Emergency Medicine

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BACKGROUND: Point-of-care ultrasound has gained widespread use in developing countries due to decreased cost and improved telemedicine capabilities. Ultrasound training, specifi cally image acquisition skills, is occurring with more frequency in non-medical personnel with varying educational levels in these underdeveloped areas. This study evaluates if students without a high school education can be trained to acquire useful FAST images, and to determine if an 8 th grade student can teach peers these skills. METHODS:The 8 th grade students at a small middle school were divided into two groups. One group received training by a certified medical sonographer, while the other group received training by a peer 8 th grade student trainer who had previously received training by the sonographer. After training, each student was independently tested by scanning the four FAST locations. A blinded ultrasound expert evaluated these images and deemed each image adequate or inadequate for clinical use. RESULTS:Eighty video image clips were obtained. The overall image adequacy rate was 74%. The splenorenal window had the highest rate at 95%, followed by retrovesical at 90%, hepatorenal at 75%, and subxiphoid cardiac at 35%. The adequacy rate of the sonographer-trained group was 78%, while the adequacy rate of the student-trained group was 70%. The difference in image adequacy rate between the two groups was not signifi cant (P-value 0.459). CONCLUSION:The majority of 8 th graders obtained clinically adequate FAST images after minimal training. Additionally, the student-trained group performed as well as the sonographer-trained group.

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Can an 8^th grade student learn point of care ultrasound?

Kwon¹,

Lahham

Fox

2019

World Journal of Emergency Medicine

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“…[45] We therefore chose to focus on splenic microabscesses, as they are relatively easy for a clinician with limited ultrasound experience to identify. [46,47] Given that POCUS is cheap and portable, and provides data rapidly to the treating clinician, ultrasound evaluation of the spleen in patients with HIV and symptoms suggestive of TB is a beneficial addition to diagnostic and treatment algorithms in resource-limited settings.…”

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Detection of splenic microabscesses with ultrasound as a marker for extrapulmonary tuberculosis in patients with HIV: A systematic review

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“…Se han realizado estudios en estudiantes en quienes se consigue alcanzar un alta sensibilidad diagnostica tras un entrenamiento en ecografía [13,14]. En la mayor parte de los programas de residencia de reumatología en España, se contempla la enseñanza de la ecografía a pie de cama como una herramienta de ayuda diagnóstica y para las punciones y aspiraciones de liquido sinovial.…”

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