Author: Baker, Kylie; Rippey, James
Title: Lung Ultrasound in a COVID Pandemic †Choosing wisely Cord-id: m0s2x0ro Document date: 2020_5_14
ID: m0s2x0ro
Snippet: This is an opinion piece on the role of POCUS in COVIDâ€19, with a focus on lung ultrasound. It is not an instructional essay. Crisis management in medicine has often been likened to crisis management in the aviation industry. The important difference between pilots and clinicians being that the clinician's life was not in imminent danger, should one fail. The clinician did not have the same emotional urgency as the pilot. The COVIDâ€19 pandemic has changed this, clinicians are now faced with
Document: This is an opinion piece on the role of POCUS in COVIDâ€19, with a focus on lung ultrasound. It is not an instructional essay. Crisis management in medicine has often been likened to crisis management in the aviation industry. The important difference between pilots and clinicians being that the clinician's life was not in imminent danger, should one fail. The clinician did not have the same emotional urgency as the pilot. The COVIDâ€19 pandemic has changed this, clinicians are now faced with the need to make urgent decisions whilst exposed to some personal risk. Whether to embrace POCUS and lung ultrasound during this pandemic is an important decision. Whilst there are clear advantages, poorly considered overzealous uptake it is not without hazard, opportunity cost and potential risk to patient and clinician.
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