Lesson 1Standard Views and Order: Lung Areas (Front/Side/Back if Possible), Heart Target, Big Vein, Focused Lower Leg Vein CheckDescribes a practical, repeatable scan order for short breath patients, covering front, side, and back lung areas when possible, then targeted heart views, big vein check, and aimed lower leg vein check to smooth work flow.
Front and side lung area scan planBack lung check when place allowsTargeted heart views order in unstable patientsBig vein picture in mixed checkFocused lower leg vein press orderLesson 2Care Priorities for Sudden Short Breath with Heart Weakness Past: Low Oxygen, Lung Water, Heart Shock, Blood Clot MoveOutlines instant priorities in short breath heart weakness patients, using POCUS to quickly check low oxygen, lung water, heart shock, and blood clot move, while mixing clinic data to lead sort, steady, and step up care.
First air, breath, flow checkPOCUS for quick low oxygen and shock sortSpotting heart vs non-heart waterScreen for right heart strain and clot moveRisk sort and place choicesLesson 3Machine Setup for Lung and Heart Picture: Depth, Echoes, Lung Presets, Heart PresetsCovers best of ultrasound machine setups for lung and heart picture, like depth, brightness, echoes, presets, and picture save, to better see water lines, lung covers, heart rooms, and big vein moves in hard patients.
Depth and focus tweaks for lung and coverBrightness, dynamic range, and time-bright fixUse of echoes and fake bestPicking and changing lung and heart presetsPicture label, clips, and record setupsLesson 4Usual Limits and Traps: Water Line Causes Beyond Heart Water, Body Build and Probe Limits, False Miss Leg Clot ScansHandles usual limits and traps in lung-heart-vein POCUS, like non-heart causes of water lines, body build and probe limits, not full vein checks, and think bias, with plans to cut false comfort and wrong diagnosis.
Non-heart causes of spread water linesEffect of fat and under skin airSpotting not full or bad vein scansSkip over-trust on one POCUS sightLists, second looks, and recordsLesson 5POCUS Aims: Lung Tail Water Lines, Lung Water, Heart Work, Big Vein and Lower Leg Clot ScanDetails key POCUS aims in sudden short breath: lung water lines and lung waters, overall and area heart work, and big vein and lower leg vein scan to spot block, right heart strain, and deep leg vein clot adding to signs.
Scan for tail water lines and air line patternsSpot and mark lung watersTargeted check of left and right heart pump workBig vein size and shrink for flow stateLower leg vein clot press planLesson 6Care Choices from Sights: Water Pills, No-Cut Breath Help, Wide Pills, Need for ICU or Heart Team, Blood Thin for Leg Clot/Lung Clot GuessShows how to turn POCUS sights into bedside care: adjust water pills, wide pills, and no-cut breath help, decide on blood thin for guessed leg or lung clot, and set need for ICU go or quick heart team call.
Adjust water pills from block patternsUse POCUS to lead no-cut breath helpWide and heart boost choices in shock statesBlood thin when leg or lung clot guessedRules for ICU move and heart team inputLesson 7Reading POCUS Patterns: Heart Lung Water vs Lung Harm vs Lung Infection vs Lung CollapseExplains how to mix lung, heart, and vein POCUS patterns to tell heart lung water from lung harm, lung infection, and lung collapse, stressing pattern spot, mix with vitals, and know of overlap shows.
Spread water lines and cover features in heart waterMixed water lines and solid in lung harmSpot solid and moving air marks in lung infectionNo lung slide and lung spot in lung collapseFix odd lung and heart sightsLesson 8When to Stop Trust POCUS: Need for Chest Picture, Lung Clot CT, Full Heart Echo, In Body WatchSets when POCUS alone not enough and more picture or watch needed, covering signs for chest picture, lung clot CT, full heart echo, and in body flow check in unstable or hard patients.
Warning flags needing quick lung clot CTSigns for full heart echoRole of chest picture in hard lung sightsWhen to go in body flow watchRecord unsure and share limitsLesson 9Body Landmarks and Moving Signs: Air Lines vs Water Lines, Lung Slide, Lung Water Layer, Left Heart Pump Work, Big Vein ShrinkFocuses on key body landmarks and moving scan signs in lung-heart-vein POCUS, covering air lines, water lines, lung slide, lung water layer, left heart pump work, and big vein shrink, to back quick, right bedside reading.
Spotting air lines and water lines in lung viewsCheck lung slide and lung beatSpot and grade lung water layerEye guess left heart pump workMeasure big vein width and shrinkLesson 10Probe Picks and Reason: Phased-Array for Heart, Curve for Lung and Cover, Straight for Leg Clot and Shallow Cover DetailGoes over probe pick and reason for sudden short breath POCUS, covering phased-array for heart and big vein, curve for lung and cover, and straight for leg clot and shallow cover detail, with tips for quick probe switch in revival.
Phased-array probe for heart and big vein pictureCurve probe for lung and cover checkStraight probe for leg clot and shallow cover detailProbe pick in fat or water patientsQuick probe switch and germ stop
