Thoracic Basics
Thoracic Basics
Major Objectives and Sub-Content:
1. Introduction
3. Normal Thoracic PoCUS Findings
1. Introduction
- What is it?
- What does it hinge on?
- Probe selection
- Knobology Optimization
- How to acquire the images?
3. Normal Thoracic PoCUS Findings
- Pleural Sliding
- A-lines
- Z-lines
- Lung Pulse
- Curtain Sign, Mirror Sign, Spine Sign
Key Message:
This module is the fundamental building block for the subsequent thoracic PoCUS modules.
Pay particular attention to the importance of (a) aligning the US beam perpendicular to the Visceral-Parietal Pleural Interface and (b) the normal thoracic findings.
This module is the fundamental building block for the subsequent thoracic PoCUS modules.
Pay particular attention to the importance of (a) aligning the US beam perpendicular to the Visceral-Parietal Pleural Interface and (b) the normal thoracic findings.