As we come face-to-face globally in defining true equality for all, we can't overlook the different forms injustice takes on. Prejudice, though there is no denying that it is...
Primary Care Medicine
POCUS for Rural Healthcare
In the article, Strong Medicine is Needed to Solve America's Rural Health Crisis, Dr. Traci Marquis-Eydman describes growing up in Fort Kent, Maine. A small town with less than...
Removing POCUS Usage Barriers in Rural Communities
According to the US Census Bureau, Sixty million people in the United States live in rural counties. This means that almost 20% of the US population receives rural healthcare. In...
POCUS Enhances Healthcare in Remote Regions
People who reside in high-resource communities should count themselves lucky. Those who live in affluent, well-governed communities reap the benefits in many different ways, one...
The Point-of-Care Ultrasound Certification Academy Announces Doctors Without Borders as MissionPOCUS Selection for 2020
The Point-of-Care Ultrasound Certification Academy™ announces Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), also known as Doctors Without Borders, as the selection of their MissionPOCUS™...
POCUS DVT Saves Lives
Victor V Rao MBBS, DMRD, RDMS Blood clotting is a defense mechanism of the body to prevent excessive blood loss if there is an injury resulting in the disruption of the integrity...
Shoot out at the OK Corral?
Written by James Day, RDCS Artificial intelligence is not just causing disruptions in traditionally blue-collar work. The plight of assembly line workers and drivers of 18...
POCUS Takes Flight
Can you imagine your 15-month-old has been sick for two days, vomiting and unable to retain fluids? You've seen your local pediatrician who sent you to the emergency department...
Advancing Point-of-Care Ultrasound Enables CRNAs to Provide Game-Changing Care
It's clear to see that point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) is shifting the way we engage in medical practice. The ultrasound (US) machine found its inception in the 1950s, then...
The Rise of the Robots
Written by James Day, RDCS Ever feel like a milkman talking on a payphone? I do. Just got this FDA announcement in my mailbox: “FEB 07 2020 FDA authorizes Marketing of the first...
Recent Posts
This blog comes from our friends at Peachtree POCUS. Visit their site for the original post and for additional resources. Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) is an...
We’re excited to kick off a new project with the faculty of University of Santo Tomas (UST). The focus is on building point-of-care (POCUS) capacity, enabling UST...
By Victor V Rao MBBS, DMRD, RDMS Hydronephrosis is defined as the dilatation of the major and or minor calyces and the renal pelvis due to an obstruction to the flow of...
By Victor V Rao MBBS, DMRD, RDMS Introduction Trauma is one of the leading causes of death in individuals less than 45 years old. Approximately 80% of individuals...
Recently we had the opportunity, in collaboration with Amref International University, to sponsor a webinar for the National Nurses Association of Kenya. The topic of...
By Victor V Rao MBBS, DMRD, RDMS Introduction The gallbladder (GB) ultrasound examination can be challenging at times due to patient body habitus or bowel gas. With...
By Victor V Rao MBBS, DMRD, RDMS Introduction Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is defined as a focal dilatation of a segment of the abdominal aorta with an outer wall to...
By Shelby Jones Shelby is a senior at George Mason University studying public health. She is a current intern with POCUS Certification academy working within the...
By Victor Rao MBBS, DMRD, RDMS - Abdomen, Ob/Gyn (APCA) Introduction Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) is a medical condition in which a thrombus develops in a deep vein,...
