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Prehospital GameChangers
POCUS Course

Start with an essentials-first prehospital POCUS foundation using focused, limited-window exams for rapid trauma screening, basic cardiac activity checks, thoracic/lung assessment, airway confirmation, and core ultrasound-guided access skills.
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6 lessons 

Topics cover physics and knobology, trauma windows, airway essentials, and more.

75+ quiz questions

Test your knowledge with our
pre-tests and exams.

Video hours

Watch hours of video content and clinical case discussions.

Cert of completion

Document completing the course in a formal your certificate of completion
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A Step-by-Step Approach to the Prehospital POCUS Course

Using the I-AIM method, you’ll master each phase of the scan from start to finish. By the end of the course, you'll be able to:

Indications

  • List the clinical indications for performing the prehospital POCUS examinations

Acquisition

  • Select correct transducer
  • Discuss scanning preparations
  • Demonstrate the different prehospital POCUS examinations
  • Identify key normal sonographic findings

Interpretation

  • Identify sonographic findings of hemoperitoneum in the perihepatic window
  • Identify sonographic findings of hemopericardium (or pericardial effusion in medical patients) using the pericardial (subcostal) window
  • Identify sonographic findings of a pneumothorax
  • Identify sonographic findings of asystole
  • Identify sonographic findings of ventricular fibrillation
  • Identify sonographic findings of endotracheal tube placement
  • Identify key incidental sonographic findings
  • Discuss POCUS examination limitations
  • Discuss sonographic approaches for vascular access

Medical Decision-Making

  • Discuss the role of these examinations in clinical practice
  • Discuss exam limitations
  • Discuss the role of POCUS protocols in clinical practice

What's Inside the Course

Meet Your Instructors

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Dr. Bob Jones

DO, FACEP

Years of POCUS Experience

Residency POCUS programs founded

Articles and chapters written
Dr. Jones is an emergency physician with over 30 years of POCUS experience, currently teaching at Case Western Reserve University and MetroHealth in Cleveland, Ohio.

He founded multiple residency POCUS programs, created the Ohio ACEP ultrasound course, and served as ACEP Ultrasound Section Chair.

Dr. Jones lectures worldwide, has written numerous POCUS articles and chapters, co-chairs system-wide POCUS at MetroHealth, and leads the living anatomy/ultrasound program for pre-clerkship students.

Learning from Dr. Jones means you’ll gain practical, cutting-edge expertise from one of the field’s true pioneers.
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Prehospital POCUS Essentials!

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