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

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

Department

Medicine

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