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EM/ICU POCUS mastery that sticks. Dr. Jones' 30+ years training → bedside confidence. Because patients deserve POCUS tailored to YOUR specialty. #POCUSNow

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Clinical POCUS Pearl: Achilles Tendinosis 🔍 This video clip shows a patient with a mid-region Achilles tendinosis (tendinopathy). Sonographic findings include: - Tendon thickening - Hypoechoic areas (reflecting loss of normal fibrillar echotexture) - Disruption of the

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I'm seeing a troubling trend in hospitalist job postings: "POCUS experience preferred" "Point-of-care ultrasound skills required" "Must be competent in bedside ultrasound" But here's the disconnect: Most hospitalists were never trained in POCUS during residency. We're

I'm seeing a troubling trend in hospitalist job postings:

"POCUS experience preferred"
"Point-of-care ultrasound skills required"
"Must be competent in bedside ultrasound"

But here's the disconnect: Most hospitalists were never trained in POCUS during residency.

We're
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When you learn VExUS from Eduardo R Argaiz, you're learning from someone who helped create the evidence base. As part of the original development team, he brings an insider perspective on the research evolution and future directions that no other educator can provide. This is why our

When you learn VExUS from <a href="/ArgaizR/">Eduardo R Argaiz</a>, you're learning from someone who helped create the evidence base. 

As part of the original development team, he brings an insider perspective on the research evolution and future directions that no other educator can provide. 

This is why our
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Clinical POCUS Pearl: Cholecystitis 🔍 Sagittal image of gallbladder with impacted stone in the neck and small rim of pericholecystic fluid in patient with cholecystitis. Note that this image was obtained in the LLD position. The stone remained impacted in multiple different

Clinical POCUS Pearl: Cholecystitis 🔍

Sagittal image of gallbladder with impacted stone in the neck and small rim of pericholecystic fluid in patient with cholecystitis.

Note that this image was obtained in the LLD position. The stone remained impacted in multiple different
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Low EF with Pleural Effusion 🔍 PSLA clip in patient with EF 20% and left pleural effusion. Note that the fluid collection posterior to the LV does not pass anterior to the descending aorta. Also, note the significant gap between the septum and the anterior leaflet of the

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Learning from a protocol co-developer means understanding not just the technique, but the clinical reasoning behind every decision. Eduardo R Argaiz shares the troubleshooting expertise that comes from years of hands-on VExUS application and teaching 10,000+ physicians worldwide. 💡

Learning from a protocol co-developer means understanding not just the technique, but the clinical reasoning behind every decision. 

<a href="/ArgaizR/">Eduardo R Argaiz</a> shares the troubleshooting expertise that comes from years of hands-on VExUS application and teaching 10,000+ physicians worldwide. 

💡
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Healthcare's impossible equation: do more with less while somehow gaining new capabilities. Post-COVID, every hospital system faces the same contradictions. Smaller budgets, reduced staffing, aging equipment - yet administration still asks why departments don't have cutting-edge

Healthcare's impossible equation: do more with less while somehow gaining new capabilities.

Post-COVID, every hospital system faces the same contradictions. Smaller budgets, reduced staffing, aging equipment - yet administration still asks why departments don't have cutting-edge
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Something fascinating is happening in medical education. Residency programs are scrambling to add POCUS curricula. Board exams now include point-of-care ultrasound questions. But there's a massive gap: thousands of practicing hospitalists who graduated before this shift.

Something fascinating is happening in medical education.

Residency programs are scrambling to add POCUS curricula. Board exams now include point-of-care ultrasound questions.

But there's a massive gap: thousands of practicing hospitalists who graduated before this shift.
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🔍 What do you see in the RUQ? Large volume anechoic ascites seen in the RUQ. Note the small bowel loops seen. Our POCUS Course teaches you to identify critical findings like this—built by clinicians, for clinicians. No fluff, just high-yield content that translates directly

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Image of the day! Dilated ascending colon in patient with colon CA. Note the presence of the haustra. Want to sharpen your abdominal POCUS skills? 🎯 Our Adult Abdominal POCUS Course teaches you to identify critical pathology like this—clinician-to-clinician teaching that's

Image of the day!

Dilated ascending colon in patient with colon CA. Note the presence of the haustra.

Want to sharpen your abdominal POCUS skills? 🎯

Our Adult Abdominal POCUS Course teaches you to identify critical pathology like this—clinician-to-clinician teaching that's
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Master-level waveform interpretation comes from understanding the 'why' behind each pattern. Eduardo R Argaiz's teaching approach, developed through years of clinical practice and international education, transforms pattern recognition into confident clinical decision-making. This

Master-level waveform interpretation comes from understanding the 'why' behind each pattern. 

<a href="/ArgaizR/">Eduardo R Argaiz</a>'s teaching approach, developed through years of clinical practice and international education, transforms pattern recognition into confident clinical decision-making. 

This
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"The hospitalist workforce is changing, and I'm seeing it firsthand. Burnout rates climbing. Rural hospitals struggling to recruit. Patient acuity rising while systems demand more efficiency. Here's what hospitals are looking for now: They want hospitalists who can: → Make

"The hospitalist workforce is changing, and I'm seeing it firsthand.

Burnout rates climbing. Rural hospitals struggling to recruit. Patient acuity rising while systems demand more efficiency.

Here's what hospitals are looking for now:

They want hospitalists who can:
→ Make
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🔍 Spotting splenomegaly on POCUS Splenomegaly. Upper limit (craniocaudal length) in adults is 13cm. Want to build confidence in abdominal POCUS measurements? 🎯 Access our comprehensive Adult Abdominal POCUS Course and 24 other specialty-focused courses with a POCUS

🔍 Spotting splenomegaly on POCUS

Splenomegaly. Upper limit (craniocaudal length) in adults is 13cm.

Want to build confidence in abdominal POCUS measurements? 🎯

Access our comprehensive Adult Abdominal POCUS Course and 24 other specialty-focused courses with a POCUS
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🔍 Submandibular gland obstruction on POCUS Sagittal view (Doppler) of right submandibular gland with increased Doppler flow and dilated ducts (red arrows) in a patient with an obstructing stone. Learning tip: Retrieval beats re-reading. Test yourself—what findings would you

🔍 Submandibular gland obstruction on POCUS

Sagittal view (Doppler) of right submandibular gland with increased Doppler flow and dilated ducts (red arrows) in a patient with an obstructing stone.

Learning tip: 

Retrieval beats re-reading. Test yourself—what findings would you
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Stay ahead of the curve by learning from someone who's shaping VExUS's future. Eduardo R Argaiz continues to refine and advance the protocol while teaching the next generation of practitioners. Our course prepares you not just for today's applications, but for tomorrow's innovations in

Stay ahead of the curve by learning from someone who's shaping VExUS's future. 

<a href="/ArgaizR/">Eduardo R Argaiz</a> continues to refine and advance the protocol while teaching the next generation of practitioners. Our course prepares you not just for today's applications, but for tomorrow's innovations in
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The gap between training and practice never fully closes. Medicine evolves. Technology advances. Patient populations change. But the physicians who thrive are those who never stop learning. Dr. Cristin Mount (Cristin Mount, MD), our course director and POCUS fellowship-trained

The gap between training and practice never fully closes.

Medicine evolves. Technology advances. Patient populations change.

But the physicians who thrive are those who never stop learning.

Dr. Cristin Mount (<a href="/mount_md/">Cristin Mount, MD</a>), our course director and POCUS fellowship-trained
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Gastric POCUS: Empty antrum assessment Empty gastric antrum (red arrow) in the right lateral decubitus position. Learning tip: Spaced repetition builds memory. Revisit gastric scanning protocols regularly—even rare assessments stick when you space them out. Want to build

Gastric POCUS: Empty antrum assessment

Empty gastric antrum (red arrow) in the right lateral decubitus position.

Learning tip: Spaced repetition builds memory. Revisit gastric scanning protocols regularly—even rare assessments stick when you space them out.

Want to build
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❓What does this clip show? Answer: Large circumferential pericardial effusion (subcostal view). 🧠 Learning tip: Don’t wait for textbook tamponade. Before hypotension or tachycardia appear — can you already recognize the RA or RV collapse that signals rising pericardial