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Susan Hill, Consultant Vascular Surgeon
Departments should consider developing diagnostic ultrasound skills as appropriate to emergency anaesthesia. There has been a rise in interest in point of care ultrasound and its extension into emergency anaesthesia and critical care. Diverse applications include haemodynamic assessment and monitoring with echocardiography, assessment of lung and pleura (e.g. pneumothorax or pulmonary oedema), vascular access and evaluating gastric residual volumes prior...