Minimum number of supervised studies recommended to achieve competency in specific diagnostic point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) domains (adapted with permission from a Work Product authored by the American Society of Anesthesiologists’ Ad Hoc Committee on POCUS)7
| POCUS application | Minimum number of supervised studies personally performed and interpreted (“Level 1” studies) | Minimum number of additional supervised studies interpreted but need not be personally performed (“Level 2” studies) | Total number of “Level 1 and 2” studies for competency |
| Focused airway ultrasound | 30 | 20 | 50 |
| Focused lung ultrasound | 30 | 20 | 50 |
| Focused assessment with sonography in trauma | 30 | 20 | 50 |
| Focused gastric ultrasound | 30 | 20 | 50 |
| Focused cardiac ultrasound | 50 | 100 | 150 |