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International evidence-based recommendations for point-of-care lung ultrasound
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International Consensus Conference on Ultrasound in Trauma
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In Memoriam

Kirk T. Spencer MD
Professor of Medicine – Section of Cardiology – University of Chicago

We are all saddened by the death of Dr. Kirk Spencer. Kirk was known throughout the world of medicine and ultrasound as a tremendous clinician, educator, researcher, and mentor. He published over 100 scientific articles and delivered outstanding lectures and workshops across the globe. He was one of the pioneers who saw the revolutionary potential of ultrasound at the bedside and was a tireless educator and advocate for the technology.
Kirk inspired and mentored a generation of healthcare providers and touched the lives of many people across the globe with his humanitarian work. He was an incredibly generous and kind person who was always ready to help in any situation. He will be greatly missed. The SUSME and WINFOCUS family want to express our deepest sympathy to Kirk’s family and want them to know they are in our thoughts and prayers.

Vicki Noble
President of the Society of Ultrasound in Medical Education

Richard Hoppmann
President of the World Interactive Network Focused on Critical Ultrasound

WINFOCUS Vision & Mission

The World Interactive Network Focused On Critical UltraSound (WINFOCUS) is the world leader scientific network committed to develop Point-of-Care Ultrasound practice, research, education, technology, and networking, addressing the needs of patients, institutions, services, and communities living in out-of-hospital and in-hospital critical scenarios. Our goals:

  • To identify critical scenarios where ultrasound, when implemented and incorporated into point-of-care, represents a critical added value to improve management, performance and outcomes;
  • To identify ultrasound “point-of-care” applications within extra-hospital and in-hospital scenarios, consistent with prevention, triage, diagnosis, monitoring and treatment of the critical patient;
  • To identify the technical, clinical, organizational, and social competencies necessary for effective incorporation and diffusion of “point-of-care” ultrasound into critical scenarios, the methodology, technology, and instrumentation necessary for its implementation, and the feasibility, sustainability, and accuracy of the identified technologies;
  • To evaluate and compare the experiences of different investigators through networking actions;
  • To develop research projects and conferences;
  • To promote quality assured training programs, incorporating them, where appropriate, into school and university curricula.
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WINFOCUS Projects

USCMC

The UltraSound Critical Management Certification (USCMC) Global Program is devoted to develop ‘Critical Ultrasound’ education, certification, credentialing, accreditation, integrating at different extents education and healthcare institutions, through post-graduate CME programs.

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UNITED

The network plan is involving universities and aims to spread global ultrasound practice throughout all the critical scenarios, backing academically WINFOCUS worldwide action, delivering recommendations and guidelines for undergraduate and postgraduate ultrasound curricula, cooperating with universities in underserved regions for an overall enhancement of their curricula and educational activity.

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RESCUE

The RESearch in Critical Ultrasound and Echocardiography (RESCUE) development plan is based on two initiatives: the UltraSound Evidence-Based Medicine (USEBM) group, designed to promote critical ultrasound research projects; and the International Liasion on Critical Echocardiography and UltraSound (ILCEUS), designed to develop International recommendations and guidelines for point-of-care critical ultrasound education, clinical practice, and technology development.

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GLOBUS

The  GLOBUS (Global UltraSound) world initiative aims to make essential cost-effective primary ultrasound available worldwide throughout all the communities leaving in remote and scarce-resource scenarios, consistently to the Primary Health Care concept developed by the Alma Ata Declaration and the United Nations Millennium Development Goals.

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  • Grupo de Trabajo de Ecografía en Urgencias de SEMES Madrid
  • Society of Ultrasound in Medical Education
  • Henry Ford Ultrasound University
  • MGH Emergency Ultrasound
  • School of Medicine University of South Carolina
  • Hospital de Emergencias