Current use, training, and barriers in point-of-care ultrasound in emergency departments in 2020: A National Survey of VA hospitals

Authors

• Dana M. Resop, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA; Emergency Department, William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital, Madison, WI, USA. Electronic address: dmresop@medicine.wisc.edu.
• Zahir Basrai, Emergency Medicine, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, California, USA; Department of Emergency Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA. Electronic address: zahir.basrai@va.gov.
• Jeremy S. Boyd, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA; VA Tennessee Valley Healthcare System-Nashville, Department of Emergency Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA. Electronic address: jeremy.s.boyd@vumc.org.
• Jason P. Williams, Atlanta VA Medical Center, Medicine Service, Atlanta, GA, USA; Emory School of Medicine, Division of Hospital Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA. Electronic address: Jason.Williams26@va.gov.
• Robert Nathanson, South Texas Veterans Health Care System, Medicine Service, San Antonio, TX, USA; University of Texas Health San Antonio, Division of Hospital Medicine, San Antonio, TX, USA. Electronic address: Robert.Nathanson@va.gov.
• Michael J. Mader, South Texas Veterans Health Care System, Research Service, San Antonio, TX, USA. Electronic address: Michael.Mader2@va.gov.
• Elizabeth K. Haro, South Texas Veterans Health Care System, Medicine Service, San Antonio, TX, USA; University of Texas Health San Antonio, Division of Hospital Medicine, San Antonio, TX, USA. Electronic address: haro@uthscsa.edu.
• Brandy Drum, Healthcare Analysis and Information Group, Department of Veterans Affairs, Milwaukee, WI, USA. Electronic address: brandy.drum@va.gov.
• Edward O'Brien, Healthcare Analysis and Information Group, Department of Veterans Affairs, Milwaukee, WI, USA. Electronic address: edward.obrien3@va.gov.
• Rahul Khosla, Department of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA; Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA. Electronic address: rahul.khosla@va.gov.
• Brian Bales, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA; VA Tennessee Valley Healthcare System-Nashville, Department of Emergency Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA. Electronic address: Brian.bales@vumc.org.
• Erin Wetherbee, Pulmonary Section, Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Health Care System, Minneapolis, MN, USA; Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA. Electronic address: racix001@umn.edu.
• Harald Sauthoff, Medicine Service, VA NY Harbor Healthcare System, New York, USA; Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, NY, New York, USA. Electronic address: harald.sauthoff@nyulangone.org.
• Christopher K. Schott, VA Pittsburgh Health Care Systems, Critical Care Service, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; University of Pittsburgh, Departments of Critical Care Medicine and Emergency Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. Electronic address: christopher.schott@va.gov.
• Nilam J. Soni, South Texas Veterans Health Care System, Medicine Service, San Antonio, TX, USA; University of Texas Health San Antonio, Division of Hospital Medicine, San Antonio, TX, USA; University of Texas Health San Antonio, Division of Pulmonary Diseases & Critical Care Medicine, San Antonio, TX, USA. Electronic address: sonin@uthscsa.edu.

Document Type

Letter to the Editor

Publication Date

9-16-2022

Journal

The American journal of emergency medicine

DOI

10.1016/j.ajem.2022.09.019

Keywords

Barriers; Emergency medicine; Emergency ultrasound; Point-of-care ultrasound; Training

APA Citation

Resop, Dana M.; Basrai, Zahir; Boyd, Jeremy S.; Williams, Jason P.; Nathanson, Robert; Mader, Michael J.; Haro, Elizabeth K.; Drum, Brandy; O'Brien, Edward; Khosla, Rahul; Bales, Brian; Wetherbee, Erin; Sauthoff, Harald; Schott, Christopher K.; and Soni, Nilam J., "Current use, training, and barriers in point-of-care ultrasound in emergency departments in 2020: A National Survey of VA hospitals" (2022). GW Authored Works. Paper 1616.
https://hsrc.himmelfarb.gwu.edu/gwhpubs/1616

Department

Medicine