TY - JOUR T1 - American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine expert panel recommendations on point-of-care ultrasound education and training for regional anesthesiologists and pain physicians—part I: clinical indications JF - Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine JO - Reg Anesth Pain Med DO - 10.1136/rapm-2021-102560 SP - rapm-2021-102560 AU - Stephen C Haskins AU - Yuriy Bronshteyn AU - Anahi Perlas AU - Kariem El-Boghdadly AU - Joshua Zimmerman AU - Marcos Silva AU - Karen Boretsky AU - Vincent Chan AU - Richelle Kruisselbrink AU - Melissa Byrne AU - Nadia Hernandez AU - Jan Boublik AU - William Clark Manson AU - Rosemary Hogg AU - Jonathan N Wilkinson AU - Hari Kalagara AU - Jemiel Nejim AU - Davinder Ramsingh AU - Hariharan Shankar AU - Antoun Nader AU - Dmitri Souza AU - Samer Narouze Y1 - 2021/02/24 UR - http://rapm.bmj.com/content/early/2021/02/24/rapm-2021-102560.abstract N2 - Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) is a critical skill for all regional anesthesiologists and pain physicians to help diagnose relevant complications related to routine practice and guide perioperative management. In an effort to inform the regional anesthesia and pain community as well as address a need for structured education and training, the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine (ASRA) commissioned this narrative review to provide recommendations for POCUS. The guidelines were written by content and educational experts and approved by the Guidelines Committee and the Board of Directors of the ASRA. In part I of this two-part series, clinical indications for POCUS in the perioperative and chronic pain setting are described. The clinical review addresses airway ultrasound, lung ultrasound, gastric ultrasound, the focus assessment with sonography for trauma examination and focused cardiac ultrasound for the regional anesthesiologist and pain physician. It also provides foundational knowledge regarding ultrasound physics, discusses the impact of handheld devices and finally, offers insight into the role of POCUS in the pediatric population. ER -