Hospital medicine formed to fill a void that had evolved. Before the busyness of administration and insurance compliance, primary care physicians used to visit and physically...
Primary Care Medicine
An Empowering Force Behind Healthcare
Florence Nightingale. She was a pioneer of public health and the founder of modern nursing. Born May 12, 1820, in Florence, Italy, Nightingale defied her prearranged destiny to...
Honoring the Patient’s Experience
Patient care remains to be front-page news in our current norm. No matter how the world changes, the experience of being a patient is one every person hopes to come out on the...
Mental Health Care for Frontline Heroes
"We are scared. We're trying to fight for everyone else's life, but we also fight for our lives as well because we're also at the highest risk of exposure," said Dr. Arabia...
COVID-19 and the Role of POCUS
Back to COVID-19 Main Page By Victor V Rao MBBS, DMRD, RDMS Statement Update April 20, 2020 The role of point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) lung has been established, and the lung...
The Core of POCUS
"To do the ultrasound, you have to touch your patient. It's like having X-ray vision during your physical exam," Jason Bowman, a fourth-year medical student planning a career in...
6 Tips for Better POCUS Images
Back to COVID-19 Main Page Written by James Day, RDCS When I teach medical students, I am always amazed at how much they know. They possess knowledge gleaned mostly from videos...
POCUS: Frontline Care
Nursing has been a booming profession of the future for quite some time, and we see no slowing down in its growth. This specialized field requires not only a highly refined skill...
Leveling the POCUS Playing Field
We can all relate to the thrill of purchasing the newest technology on the market. Whether it be a new TV, the latest smartphone or a vehicle upgrade, each purchase is always...
Happy National Technology Day!
Breakthroughs are the force that pushes our technological revolutions forward. When one occurs in the medical field, rapid growth follows right behind—emerging leaders who refine...
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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,...
