RT Book, Section A1 Shillcutt, Sasha K. A1 Johnson, Daniel W. A1 Ablordeppey, Enyo A. A2 Farcy, David A. A2 Chiu, William C. A2 Marshall, John P. A2 Osborn, Tiffany M. SR Print(0) ID 1135703660 T1 Point-of-Care Echocardiography in the Emergency Department T2 Critical Care Emergency Medicine, 2e YR 2016 FD 2016 PB McGraw-Hill Education PP New York, NY SN 9780071838764 LK accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1135703660 RD 2024/03/29 AB Point-of-care echocardiography is ideally suited to the care of the critical patient in the emergency department (ED), intensive care unit (ICU), or perioperative arena. It is highly accurate, noninvasive, portable, rapidly performed, easily repeatable, and simple to learn. It can provide critical information in real time in the setting of life-threatening emergencies. Point-of-care echocardiography increases patient safety, improves diagnostic accuracy, reduces diagnostic uncertainty, improves efficiency, and saves lives.