Best Practices for Point of Care Ultrasound: An Interdisciplinary Expert Consensus 

Brandon Oto, PA-C FCCM; Robert Baeten, PA-C FCCP; Leon Chen, DNP AGACNP-BC FCCP FAANP FCCM; Puja Dalal, MD FAAFP; Ria Dancel, MD FACP SFHM FAAP; Steven Fox, MD; Carl William Lange IV, MSBS EM-CAQ PA-C; Cameron Baston, MD MSCE FACP; Paul Bornemann, MD RMSK RPVI; Siddharth Dugar, MD FCCM FASE FCCP; Andrew Goldsmith, MD MBA; Meghan Kelly Herbst, MD FACEP; James N. Kirkpatrick, MD FASE FACC; Abhilash Koratala, MD FASN; Michael J. Lanspa, MD; Viveta Lobo, MD FACEP; Jason T Nomura, MD FACEP FAAEM FACP FAHA; Aliaksei Pustavoitau, MD MHS FCCM; Mourad H. Senussi, MD MS; Vincent L. Sorrell, MD FACP (honorary) FACC FASE FSCCT FSCMR; Frances Mae West, MD MS FACP; Aarti Sarwal, MD FNCS FAAN FCCM FASN RPNI – Despite the growing use of point of care ultrasound (POCUS) in contemporary medical practice and the existence of clinical guidelines addressing its specific applications, there remains a lack of standardization and agreement on optimal practices for several areas of POCUS use. The Society of Point of Care Ultrasound (SPOCUS) formed a working group in 2022 to establish a set of recommended best practices for POCUS, applicable to clinicians regardless of their training, specialty, resource setting, or scope of practice.