POCUS or no POCUS

Abstract

The use of point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) in the perioperative setting by the anesthesiologists has now become a new demand. It has been proven to improve the patient outcome and to guide clinical management in critical situations. The anesthesiologists are still struggling to obtain POCUS skills and become POCUS competent. In Canada, many institutions have started to integrate POCUS into their anesthesiology training programs to build up a new generation of POCUS trained anesthesiologists.