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A Train-the-Trainer Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS) Program for Pediatric Pneumonia in a Low-Resource Setting

Michelle S. Lee; Fatima Mir; Amerta Ladhani; Huba Atiq; Shaun K. Morris; Mark O. Tessaro – This study aimed to 1. Deliver a train-the-trainer program in Pakistan on lung POCUS for diagnosing pediatric pneumonia; 2. Determine inter-rater reliability between i) study-trained community health workers (CHWs) and a remote expert, with both interpreting POCUS examinations acquired by the CHWs, and ii) study-trained CHWs and local champions, with both interpreting examinations that they had acquired.

Piloting a Diagnostic Foot and Ankle Fracture Sonographic Algorithm with Rural and Adolescent Patients

Tomas Alamin, Margaret Lin-Martore, Aaron E. Kornblith, Aidan O’Donnell, Sally Gragalia – Foot and ankle injuries are a common presenting complaint to the Emergency Department (ED) and are often assessed with plain radiography. Rural environments may not have access to radiography mandating the referral or transfer patients to regional centers for definitive diagnosis.