Table 3.
Summary of the major ultrasound protocols for medical shock assessment.
| Protocol | ACES [4] | BEAT [5] | BLEEP [6] | Boyd: ECHO [7] | EGLS [8] | Elmer/Noble [9] | FALLS [10] | FATE [13] | FEEL: RESUS [14] | FEER [15] | FREE [16] | POCUS [17] | RUSH: HIMAP [18] | RUSH: Pump Tank Pipes [19, 20] | Trinity [21] | UHP [22] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cardiac | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| IVC | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| FAST A/P | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | |||||||||
| Aorta | 3 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Lungs PTX | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Lungs effusion | 5 | 2 | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Lungs edema | 4 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 5 | |||||||||||
| DVT | 7 | 8 | ||||||||||||||
| Ectopic Pregnancy | 8 |
Numbers indicate exam sequence for each protocol.