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Table 2 Lung POCUS checklist for basic competency in image acquisition and anatomy identification

From: Development of a multisystem point of care ultrasound skills assessment checklist

Lung—anterior chest

Lung—costophrenic recess

Selects phased-array or curvilinear probe

Selects phased-array or curvilinear probe

Selects ABDOMINAL or LUNG EXAM

Selects ABDOMINAL or LUNG EXAM

Correct Probe LOCATION

Correct Probe LOCATION

Correct Probe ORIENTATION

Correct Probe ORIENTATION

Probe CONTROL

Probe CONTROL

Obtains quality Anterior Lung VIEW

(Required structures = Ribs, pleural line, A-lines)

Obtains quality Costophrenic VIEW

(Required structures = Diaphragm, liver or spleen, lung parenchyma descending with respirations)

Points to RIBS

Points to LIVER or SPLEEN

Points to RIB SHADOW

Points to DIAPHRAGM

Points to PLEURAL LINE

Points to LUNG PARENCHYMA

Recognizes PLEURAL SLIDING

Points to COSTOPHRENIC RECESS

Points to A-LINES

Demonstrates normal pattern using M-mode (seashore)

Image DEPTH optimized appropriately

Image DEPTH optimized appropriately

Image GAIN optimized appropriately

Image GAIN optimized appropriately

Based on the overall performance of this learner through all the views obtained and identification of anatomic structures during this hands-on skills evaluation, do you consider this learner to have the minimum skills to be considered COMPETENT in image acquisition and anatomy identification to perform LUNG and PLEURAL POCUS exams of patients?