POCUS Tips

Decision pathways

Answer what you actually see on the screen and the pathway tells you the likely category, what it changes, and which view to open next.

Teaching aid — simplified logic, not a clinical decision tool

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Educational use only. Not for diagnosis or treatment decisions — confirm findings with formal imaging and your own judgment. Pathway logic follows the BLUE protocol (Lichtenstein & Mezière, Chest 2008) and the RUSH exam (Perera et al., Emerg Med Clin North Am 2010) in simplified form. By Yonathan Daniel, MD · About.