title: Bedside ultrasound in resuscitation and the rapid ultrasound in shock protocol.
abstract: Assessment of hemodynamic status in a shock state remains a challenging issue in Emergency Medicine and Critical Care. As the use of invasive hemodynamic monitoring declines, bedside-focused ultrasound has become a valuable tool in the evaluation and management of patients in shock. No longer a means to simply evaluate organ anatomy, ultrasound has expanded to become a rapid and noninvasive method for the assessment of patient physiology. Clinicians caring for critical patients should strongly consider integrating ultrasound into their resuscitation pathways.
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, Los Angeles County+USC Medical Center, General Hospital, 1200 State Street, Room 1011, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA.
authors.forename: Dina
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Seif
authors.forename: Phillips
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Perera
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mailhot
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Riley
authors.forename: Diku
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mandavia