Point-of-Care Cardiac Ultrasound Training Programme: Experience from the University Hospital Hradec Králové

Table 1

Cardiac ultrasound categories.

Point-of-care ultrasound				Consultative ultrasound
	UAPE	FOCUS	CCE	Limited ECHO	Comprehensive ECHO
Diagnostic expectations	“US stethoscope” used to augment bedside examination	Focused exams with specific imaging protocols based upon suspicion of specific disease	Focused on a collection of specific views/findings pertinent to the care of the critically ill (e.g., cardiac output, fluid response)	Limited imaging protocol applied to answer a specific question	Comprehensive, all findings, use advanced technics
Quantification	Usually absent	Optional	Typically	Typically	Mandatory
Documentation	Not recorded	Images archived, formal report	Images archived, formal report	Images archived on PACS, formal report	Images archived on PACS, formal report
Teaching required	Weeks	Weeks to months	Months	Months to years	Years

CCE, critical care echocardiography; POCUS, point-of-care ultrasound; UAPE, ultrasound-assisted physical examination; FOCUS, focused cardiac ultrasound. Source: Kimura BJ. Point-of-care cardiac ultrasound techniques in the physical examination: better at the bedside. Heart 2017; 103: 987–994.