Table 2.

Summary of current recommendations issued by scientific societies

Ultrasound modality/examined organs	Year/source	Targeted trainees	Theoritical program	Number of examinations/tutored examinations	Computerized simulation	Comments
Basic TTE/heart	2011 [1, 31–33] Critical care round table	Every ICU physician	≥ 10 h (lectures, illustrative didactic cases with image-based training)	≥ 30 fully supervised TTE examinations	–	Round table involving experts from 11 Critical Care Societies in 5 continents
Transcranial Doppler	American Academy of Neurology https://www.aan.com/siteassets/home–page/tools–and–resources/academic–neurologist––researchers/teaching–materials/aan–core–curricula–for–program–directorstor/neuroimage–fellow_tr.pdf	Neurocritical care, neuroimaging fellows No recommendations for general critical care	–	100 performed and interpreted	–	–
Lung/Pleura	2014 Canadian recommendations in anesthesia/CCUS	Anesthesia/critical care	–	15 [34] to 20 [35]	–	–
FAST (Abdomen)	2020 Canadian anesthesia recommendation: expert consensus	Anesthesia trainee	–	20 [34]	–	–
Abdominal free fluid	2014 Canadian recommendations in CCUS: expert consensus	Critical care	–	10 [35]	–	–
Renal	2014 Canadian recommendations in CCUS: expert consensus	Critical care	–	25 [35]	–	–
Vascular	2014 Canadian recommendations in CCUS	Critical care	–	10	–	–
Abdominal Aorta	2014 Canadian recommendations in CCUS: expert consensus	Critical care	–	25 [35]	–	–
Deep vein thrombosis	2014 Canadian recommendations in CCUS: expert consensus	Critical care	–	25 [35]	–	–
Vascular access	2014 Canadian recommendations in CCUS: expert consensus	Critical care	–	10 [35]	–	–
Each application	American College of Emergency Physicians https://www.acep.org/globalassets/new–pdfs/policy–statements/ultrasound–guidelines–––emergency–point–of–care–and–clinical–ultrasound–guidelines–in–medicine.pdf	Emergency medicine	–	25	–	–