Ultrasound Teaching Atlas

Learning pathways

Guided curricula that sequence the modules into a sensible order for a given audience or clinical use-case. Your progress is tracked as you go.

resident

Emergency POCUS — Core

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The foundational emergency point-of-care exams every EM resident should master, in a sensible learning order.

  1. Cardiac — Parasternal Long Axis (PLAX)
  2. Cardiac — Subxiphoid (Subcostal) 4-Chamber
  3. Cardiac — Apical 4-Chamber (A4C)
  4. eFAST — Right Upper Quadrant (Morison's Pouch)
  5. eFAST — Suprapubic (Pelvic)
  6. Abdominal Aorta (AAA Screening)
  7. Lung — Anterior (BLUE Protocol)
  8. RUSH — Rapid Ultrasound for Shock & Hypotension
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The Hypotensive Patient

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Work up undifferentiated shock: integrate the heart, lungs, IVC, aorta, and veins.

  1. RUSH — Rapid Ultrasound for Shock & Hypotension
  2. Cardiac — Parasternal Long Axis (PLAX)
  3. Cardiac — Apical 4-Chamber (A4C)
  4. IVC — Volume Status
  5. Lung — Anterior (BLUE Protocol)
  6. DVT — Common Femoral Vein (Compression)
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Abdominal (Sonographer Registry)

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Abdominal applications aligned with sonographer registry domains: aorta, IVC, biliary, and trauma free-fluid.

  1. Abdominal Aorta (AAA Screening)
  2. IVC — Volume Status
  3. RUQ / Biliary (Gallbladder)
  4. eFAST — Right Upper Quadrant (Morison's Pouch)
  5. eFAST — Suprapubic (Pelvic)
both

Focused Cardiac (FoCUS)

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Build a focused cardiac assessment: the parasternal, subxiphoid, and apical windows and their key pathology.

  1. Cardiac — Parasternal Long Axis (PLAX)
  2. Cardiac — Subxiphoid (Subcostal) 4-Chamber
  3. Cardiac — Apical 4-Chamber (A4C)
both

Vascular & Small Parts

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Compression ultrasound for DVT and the ocular emergency exam.

  1. DVT — Common Femoral Vein (Compression)
  2. Ocular Ultrasound