Common Mistakes in Point of Care Cardiac Ultrasound (Echocardiography, POCUS)

This video is brought to you by the Stanford Medicine 25 to teach you how to use bedside point of care ultrasound. In this video we show you cardiac point of care ultrasound (echocardiography) by simultaneously demonstrating the position of the probe and ultrasound images. In this video, we focus on troubleshooting tips. --------------Contents-------------- 0:00 - Intro 0:26 - Parasternal Long View Common Mistakes 1:04 - Too Much Air in Lungs Affecting Cardiac Views in Parasternal Long View 1:33 - Challenge Seeing the Aortic Valve in Parasternal Long View 2:07 - Parasternal Short View Common Mistakes 3:09 - Apical 4-Chamber View Common Mistakes 3:54 - Foreshortened View in Apical 4-Chamber 4:24 - Subcostal View Common Mistakes 5:14 - End -------------------------------------------- This video is led by Dr. Andre Kumar. He is faculty at Stanford and a hospitalist with extensive experience in point of care ultrasound. The Stanford Medicine 25 program for bedside medicine at the Stanford School of Medicine aims to promote the culture of bedside medicine to make current and future clinicians and other healthcare provides better at the art of physical diagnosis and more confident at the bedside of their patients. Visit us: Website: http://stanfordmedicine25.stanford.edu/ Blog: https://stanfordmedicine25.stanford.e... Facebook:   / stanfordmedicine25   Twitter:   / stanfordmed25   Cardiology Blogs: https://stanfordmedicine25.stanford.e... #cardiacultrasound #pocus #ultrasound #pointofcareultrasoundtraining #bedsideultrasound #echocardiography #echo #systolicdysfuction #heartchamber #heartsize #systolicfunction #subcostalview #apicalview #parasternalview #physicalexam #stanfordmedicine25