Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS)

Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) involves bedside ultrasound studies focused on answering specific questions for the clinical team in real-time. Our POCUS program works in close collaboration with colleagues in pediatric cardiology, pediatric imaging sciences, neonatology, and emergency medicine with a focus on continuous quality improvement.

Education

Training in POCUS for our fellows includes a longitudinal curriculum across the three years of pediatric critical care fellowship with both didactic and hand’s on learning sessions. The following are the core topics for our curriculum:

• Focused lung ultrasound
• Focused cardiac ultrasound
• Hemodynamic assessment in shock
• Focused abdomen/bladder ultrasound
• Procedural guidance

Fellows have the opportunity to utilize ultrasound systems from multiple vendors including linear, phased-array, and curvilinear probes.

Our program is also focused on faculty development working towards credentialing for multiple indications.

Credentialing and quality improvement efforts for faculty and fellows are coordinated using the Butterfly Blueprint™, a system-wide ultrasound platform deployed across our medical center.

• URMC Butterfly Network Site

Program Leadership

• Joseph D. Kuebler, MD, MBA, FAAP, FACC
  Medical Director, Pediatric Critical Care Point-of-Care Ultrasound
• Mykael García, MD, MS Ed.
  Associate Fellowship Director, Pediatric Critical Care

Educational Resources

• PALISI PeRCUSS Online Videos
• The POCUS Atlas
• Toronto General Hospital, Department of Anesthesia POCUS
• NeoCardio Lab
• Butterfly Critical Care Image Library