The protocols of point of care ultrasound in critically ill patients

Integration of a number of beside ultrasound examination can form various kinds of protocols.These protocols can be used in critical patients with trauma, respiratory failure and shock.Those can not only improve the accuracy of the assessment, but also avoid missing clinical information.In this paper, we focus on four common protocols, the focus assessment with sonography in trauma (FAST), the beside lung ultrasound in emergency (BLUE), the focus assessed transthoracic echocardiography (FATE) and the rapid ultrasound in shock (RUSH). Key words: Point of care ultrasound; Focus assessment with sonography in trauma; Beside lung ultrasound in emergency; Focus assessed transthoracic echocardiography; Rapid ultrasound in shock