Point-of-care ultrasonography is a versatile imaging modality with broad clinical applications including vascular access, trauma evaluation, and aneurysm screening.
Compact ultrasound technology has facilitated growth in point-of-care uses in many specialties. This review includes videos demonstrating the use of ultrasonography to guide central venous access, detect pneumothorax, detect evidence of hemorrhage after trauma, and screen for abdominal aortic aneurysm.
Moore et al. (2011) studied this question.