It has been some time since I wrote on the topic of point of care ultrasound (POC). The first post spoke to the benefits of reducing radiation exposure in the NICU but was truly theoretical and also was really at the start of our experience in the evolving area. Here we are a year later and much has transpired.
We purchased an ultrasound for the NICU in one of our level III units and now have two more on the way; one for our other level III and one for our level II unit. The thrust of these acquisitions have been to reduce radiation exposure for one but also to shorten the time to di