Preparedness of Australasian emergency departments for point-of-care ultrasound in the COVID-19 pandemic.

Vijay ManivelDavid G HerbertGareth Ian KitsonDougal Buchanan RobertsonJocelyne Marie BassealJames Manion

Published in: Australasian journal of ultrasound in medicine (2021)

Australasian EDs significantly lacked investment in education, training and protocols to conduct safe POCUS in the COVID-19 pandemic. A framework with evidence-based, logistically feasible protocols supporting safe emergency POCUS is required to deal with similar future infectious outbreaks.

Keyphrases

public health
healthcare
emergency department
magnetic resonance imaging
infectious diseases
current status
quality improvement
virtual reality
computed tomography