An editorial on the use of POCUS as an alternative to the stethoscope, published in The Lancet, March 20, 2020

https://doi.org/10.1016/S2213-2600(20)30120-X

Point of Care Ultrasound of Right Lower Abdominal Quadrant. Four still images captured from the 6 seconds of video recording.

Chest X-ray shows mediastinal widening suggestive of thoracic aortic dilatation.

Abdominal aortic aneurysm measuring 5.4 x 5.8 cm with peri-aortic haematoma.

Simulator operation technique. (A) To operate the simulator, the participant places a reproduction of an ultrasound probe on a mannequin’s chest. (B) User interface. (C) Enlargement of three-dimensional visual guidance indicator. The position and orientation of the acquired image (blue) and anatomically correct image (green) are displayed with the angle error (white arc). (D) Enlargement of numeric report of skill metrics. The angle error is above and the probe placement error is below.