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Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS)

Enhance clinical practice with Point of Care Ultrasounds (POCUS). Find valuable insights, training, and resources for implementing this crucial diagnostic tool.

Ultrasound Basics: Reading an Ultrasound Image

By |2025-11-10T12:19:15-06:00June 29, 2021|Course Information, Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS)|

Even those of us in the medical field have had the awkward experience of being handed an ultrasound image of someone’s new baby and having to pause and think about what we may be looking at. The marvel of ultrasound, whether for pregnancies, guiding equipment, or monitoring progression of a medical concern, is clear. We can take a look inside the bodies of our patients with a simple wave of the hand, or, in this case, wand. How do we interpret those images though? Maverick Medical Education is learning more about ultrasound and how to assist patients in numerous fields, every day.

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7 Ways to Use Point of Care Ultrasound

By |2025-11-14T10:13:21-06:00May 28, 2021|Course Information, Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS)|

When Maverick Medical Education looks for courses to offer to medical professionals around the country, we are considering what may best serve patients and communities. Pain management and relief techniques have always been a part of what drives our educators, but as we saw more and more techniques better performed with ultrasound assistance, we realized that there was a valuable tool in Point of Care Ultrasound, or POCUS, as well. This nimble diagnostic tool can be used in any field and offers medical staff the chance to quickly assess what is taking place inside a patient’s body, with the ability to understand how that patient is progressing throughout their stay. POCUS is versatile in how it can treat and help the patients we serve today and tomorrow.

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Ultrasound Use for Vascular Access and Basic Cardiac and Pulmonary Assessment for Nurses

By |2026-04-23T09:22:05-05:00April 15, 2021|Course Information, Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS)|

Daniel Nash, CRNA, DNAP reviews how nurses can use ultrasound for vascular access and basic cardiac and pulmonary assessments.

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Identifying Shoulder Dislocation with POCUS

By |2025-11-14T09:47:37-06:00January 12, 2021|Course Information, Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS)|

Point of Care Ultrasound continues to assist in the medical practice in a number of ways. Not only does POCUS allow for better imaging and diagnosis from the start, but the ability for imaging to continue to take place during and after a procedure is crucial to patient outcomes. Maverick Medical Education sees application for POCUS in numerous ways and urges all medical practitioners to become familiar with how this technology can benefit patients in all fields. POCUS can help significantly with identifying and treating a fairly common clinical presentation, shoulder dislocation.

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Avoid These Common Femoral Nerve Block Errors

By |2025-11-13T06:21:15-06:00November 24, 2020|Course Information, Pain Management, Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS)|

In an ongoing attempt by Maverick Medical Education to partner with and train medical providers across the country on pain management techniques, our team has learned about what works, what doesn’t, and everything in between. By diligent practice and research, we can help reduce the number of opioids prescribed to patients by utilizing alternative methods for pain reduction. Occasionally, there are adjustments to be made in very common blocks, like the femoral nerve block, that will make everyone more effective.

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Ultrasound-Guided Treatment: Accuracy and Reliability

By |2026-04-23T09:20:41-05:00November 16, 2020|Course Information, Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS)|

Ultrasound can be used for far more than looking inside the patient to see what is taking place at a specific time. Using point of care ultrasound, or POCUS, allows for an adaptive view of how a patient is progressing or for guiding treatments the patient needs. With this additional view, treatments and procedures are becoming safer, more accurate, and very reliable.

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Interscalene Nerve Block

By |2025-11-14T09:11:06-06:00September 22, 2020|Course Information, Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS)|

Our Maverick Medical Education classes cover a number of different topics to provide pain relief or medical techniques suited to help you treat your patients in a more effective manner. As part of the training in some of our courses, different nerve blocks are taught, including the interscalene nerve block.

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Using Ultrasound to Treat Pain

By |2025-11-14T10:19:56-06:00September 22, 2020|Course Information, Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS)|

As ultrasound is being used in more fields of medicine, the ways it can be used is changing at a rapid pace. Far more than a mere diagnostic tool, ultrasound is developing into a mode of treatment itself, from assisting doctors in making decisions as a condition progresses to changing the way pain treatment is thought of. Maverick Medical Education marvels at the ways ultrasound technology has been applied in more ways over the past few years and looks forward to how it will continue to change the practice of all aspects of medicine in the years to come.

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Point of Care Ultrasound in COVID-19 Triage

By |2025-11-10T11:56:39-06:00July 20, 2020|Course Information, Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS)|

There can be little doubt that COVID-19 is the major topic of conversation in lives today, not just for the medical field, but for government, businesses, organizations, and communities everywhere. As each of us adapt to the guidelines and requirements put forth, while also working to protect ourselves and our family, adapting, and doing so quickly, has been vital to success. One incredible way medical teams are adjusting to meet the needs of their patients is by furthering the use of point of care ultrasound (POCUS) in a number of ways.

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Point of Care Ultrasound in Pediatric Emergency Medicine

By |2022-08-30T20:35:56-05:00June 30, 2020|Course Information, Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS)|

Point of care ultrasound, or POCUS, is emerging as a more and more beneficial tool with the number of applications that can be used to diagnose and treat patients effectively, something Maverick Medical Education is passionate about. Of particular interest is the ways POCUS performs in regards to pediatric medicine, particularly in emergency settings. Overall, ultrasound waves are safer for children by reducing their exposure to radiation from other imaging options. Additionally, the resolution can be tweaked and adjusted for the developmental age of the child at the bedside. Further, there are specific cases where POCUS can assist medical professionals in the patients they meet.

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