In busy medical centers, Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS) wears many hats. A POCUS machine may be part of a one-time exam, a repeated assessment, or efforts to monitor therapeutic effects and clinical management. However, when documentation for POCUS exam results is limited or absent, patient exam records may be left incomplete.

Fortunately, with Real-Time Documentation diagrams, it's now fast and easy to document the relevant findings for each active scanning zone of the POCUS ultrasound exam. These diagrams are available for lung, renal, and extended focused assessment with sonography in trauma (eFast) exams. The lung diagrams include a lung score from 0–3 to easily identify the level of aeration loss in the zone being assessed. The renal diagram allows for grading of hydronephrosis while scanning. Meanwhile, the eFast diagram is designed to identify the presence of free fluid in five main areas of the abdomen as well as pneumothorax in the anterior lungs:

RUQ (perihepatic space)
LUQ (perisplenic space)
Pericardium
Pelvis
Bilateral lungs

"Diagrams make it easy to document findings in real time and save me time by labeling the zones. No need to scroll to review: all images are displayed in one page for easy follow-up," says Dr. Lior Fuchs of the Soroka University Medical Center. The diagrams also help users keep track of their segmental assessments and highlight trends in response to therapy.

Documentation in a POCUS machine exam using a traditional manual approach can introduce errors and take extra time. The Venue Family diagrams help clinicians quickly assess and document patient status in real time.

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The POCUS Machine: Real-Time Documentation

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