An easy-to-build, low-budget point-of-care ultrasound simulator: from Linux to a web-based solution.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Hands-on training in point-of-care ultrasound (POC-US) should ideally comprise bedside teaching, as well as simulated clinical scenarios. High-fidelity phantoms and portable ultrasound simulation systems are commercially available, however, at considerable costs. This limits their suitability for medical schools. A Linux-based software for Emergency Department Ultrasound Simulation (edus2TM) was developed by Kulyk and Olszynski in 2011. Its feasibility for POC-US education has been well-documented, and shows good acceptance. An important limitation to an even more widespread use of edus2, however, may be due to the need for a virtual machine for WINDOWS^® systems. Our aim was to adapt the original software toward an HTML-based solution, thus making it affordabl

SUBMITTER: Damjanovic D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5313493 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature