🔎 POCUS has become a useful tool in the placement of temporary Transvenous Pacemakers. EM doctors detail how using POCUS doesn’t just help with central venous access; It visualizes pacemaker wires as they advance into the heart, and flags complications.

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📊 A 26-day-old boy was referred to the pediatric ED for evaluation of a neck mass.

💡POCUS is the preferred imaging modality for detecting neck masses and for differentiating and supporting the diagnosis of fibromatosis colli from other neck masses.

Read more: pocusjournal.com/article/17787/

🔍 Check out the DIVOT Protocol — a simple yet powerful way to use Doppler with thoracic ultrasound to spot vessels before procedures like thoracentesis. A must-read for clinicians that could make a big difference in your next case! 

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A patient came to the ED with chest pain, but the ECG didn’t meet STEMI criteria. Due to suspicion, cardiac POCUS was done and showed a reduced TAPSE—pointing to isolated right ventricular MI. This highlights how TAPSE can catch rare but critical diagnoses.

Read: pocusjournal.com/article/18433/

🫀 A recent study displays how point of care transesophageal echocardiography plays a critical role in cardiac arrest management, offering real-time adjustments to chest compression positioning and optimizing compression mechanics to enhance CPR effectiveness.

Read: pocusjournal.com/article/18111/