Point-of-Care Ultrasound Fundamentals: Principles, Devices, and Patient Safety

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Introducing the first definitive training guide to point-of-care ultrasound

• Covers the rapid adoption of new point-of-care ultrasound devices, from simple cell phone-size units to highly sophisticated and costly multi-transducer scanners offering 2D real-time, Duplex Doppler, and color flow imaging
• Emphasis on ensuring ultrasound safety offers insight into ultrasound interactions with tissue and the amount of energy transmitted to the patient, particularly when scanning the fetus
• Detailed descriptions of universal scanning techniques include diagrams and photographs illustrating correct and incorrect scanning methods to help prevent sonographer injury
• Excellent pedagogy includes chapter-opening learning objectives and key terms
• Numerous tables and figures throughout include precisely reproduced ultrasound images