Table 3.
Participants attitudes towards POCUS use for a given clinical scenario. Median scores reported (min–max)
| Likelihood of Use | Comfort Using | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre | Post | p-value | Pre | Post | p-value | |
| Undifferentiated Hypotension | 3.0 (1.0–5.0) | 4.0 (1.0–5.0) | 0.6417 | 2.0 (1.0–5.0) | 3.0 (1.0–5.0) | 0.0328 |
| Cardiac Arrest | 3.0 (1.0–5.0) | 3.5 (1.0–5.0) | 0.9317 | 1.0 (1.0–5.0) | 3.0 (1.0–5.0) | 0.0741 |
| Acute Heart Failure | 4.0 (1.0–5.0) | 4.0 (1.0–5.0) | 0.9253 | 2.0 (1.0–5.0) | 3.0 (1.0–5.0) | 0.0022 |
| Undifferentiated Shortness of Breath | 3.0 (1.0–5.0) | 3.0 (1.0–5.0) | 0.1528 | 2.0 (1.0–5.0) | 3.0 (2.0–5.0) | 0.0039 |
| Abdominal Pain | 4.0 (1.0–5.0) | 4.0 (1.0–5.0) | 0.4022 | 2.0 (1.0–5.0) | 3.0 (2.0–5.0) | 0.0051 |
| Procedural Guidance | 5.0 (3.0–5.0) | 5.0 (3.0–5.0) | 0.8952 | 2.0 (1.0–5.0) | 3.0 (2.0–5.0) | 0.0004 |
| Deep Vein Thrombosis | 4.0 (1.0–5.0) | 3.0 (1.0–5.0) | 0.0002 | 2.0 (1.0–5.0) | 3.0 (1.0–5.0) | 0.0027 |
| Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Screening | 4.0 (1.0–5.0) | 3.0 (1.0–5.0) | 0.0265 | 2.0 (1.0–5.0) | 3.0 (1.0–5.0) | 0.0012 |
| Soft Tissue Skin Infection | 4.0 (1.0–5.0) | 4.0 (1.0–5.0) | 0.6117 | 2.0 (1.0–5.0) | 3.0 (1.0–5.0) | 0.0074 |
| Early Pregnancy | 4.0 (1.0–5.0) | 4.0 (1.0–5.0) | 0.3424 | 2.0 (1.0–5.0) | 2.5 (1.0–5.0) | 0.1937 |
| Flank Pain | 3.0 (1.0–5.0) | 3.0 (1.0–5.0) | 0.1356 | 2.0 (1.0–5.0) | 3.0 (1.0–5.0) | 0.0039 |