So I had a lot of people ask me over the years to put to paper (or screen) a POCUS book, but I figured there were so many good ones out there, like my original Bible, General Ultrasound in the Critically Ill by my good friend Daniel Lichtenstein, or Vicky & Bret’s book, Emergency and Critical Care Ultrasound, that I would be trying to re-invent the wheel, and probably not doing as good a job.

But then I remembered Dubin’s EKG book, the kind of book you could almost read in a single sitting, and certainly over a few days, and get a decent grasp of the concepts and actually have some skill at the end of it.  So I figured maybe I could put together something like that for POCUS from the standpoint of clinical integration. Not so much a protocol, but how you fit your findings together in clinical syndromes, and inserting as many tips and pearls as possible.

It’s a light read, it’s irreverent, it’s kinda like #FOAM. So I hope I did a decent enough job, and I was pretty happy with the comments from a couple of respected colleagues:

Philippe has created a fantastic real-time reference for the busy practicing clinician who wishes to adopt point of care ultrasound into their working cinical armamentarium. The strength of this work is it’s immediate applicability to the clinical scenario. Dr. Rola’s extensive experience in clinical practice and teaching shines through with a concise and clinically minded approach to each scanning modality. The work is greatly enriched by many practical tips and tricks and that are often missing from larger, more formal texts. The sum of these “truths” is an important part of what transforms a clinician to an expert in the field. A final unique feature of this resource is it’s focus on integration. In Philippe’s mind, findings of differing ultrasound modalities are blended together with the patient’s clinical picture to derive a true ultrasound enhanced understanding of the patient’s pathophysiology. With characteristic plain language and descriptions, the book succeeds in taking the reader closer to that vision.

Dr. Edgar Hockmann, MD, FRCP

Dr. Rola has created the ideal compendium for contemporary healthcare professionals. Bedside Ultrasound: a primer for clinical integration concisely and intuitively describes the essentials of examining a patient in the 21st century. The guide is both unique and useful because it speaks to all levels of training for all professionals caring for patients within multiple hospital environments – the emergency department, general medical ward, operating room and intensive care unit. Dr. Rola’s succinct account of ultrasound examination leads the reader through a patient’s anatomical and physiological underpinnings using the ultrasound probe as his guide; it is a resource to be found in the pocket – virtual or otherwise – of all those interested in the future of the physical exam.

Jon-Emile Kenny M.D.

The first print run just got off the press, is on Amazon here, as is our casebook, and on our website http://www.ccusinstitute.org. The iPad version is available on iTunes here! Please give me feedback as it is important, so that the second edition just gets better!

cheers!

Philippe