Table of Contents

PART I: BACKGROUND TO POINT-OF-CARE ULTRASOUND MADE EASY (POCUSME). CHAPTER 1 HOW DOES ULTRASOUND WORK? CHAPTER 2 POINT-OF-CARE ULTRASOUND (POCUS). PART II: ULTRASOUND ASSESSMENTS BY BODY SYSTEM. CHAPTER 3 NECK ULTRASOUND. CHAPTER 4 THORACIC ULTRASOUND. CHAPTER 5 CARDIAC ULTRASOUND. CHAPTER 6 ABDOMINO-PELVIC ULTRASOUND. CHAPTER 7 MUSCULOSKELETAL ULTRASOUND. CHAPTER 8 ARTERIAL ULTRASOUND. CHAPTER 9 VENOUS ULTRASOUND. PART III: ASSESSMENT. CHAPTER 10 SINGLE BEST ANSWER ASSESSMENT.

About the Author

John McCafferty BEng PhD MBChB MD MRCP is a Respiratory Consultant at Royal Edinburgh Infirmary, Scotland, UK. He specialises in interventional pulmonology, lung cancer and pleural disease.

James M Forsyth MBBS MRCS MSc (HPE) is a Vascular & Endovascular Surgery Registrar at the Leeds Vascular Institute, UK. His special interests include diabetic foot disease, vascular access and major trauma.