PCH - Point-of-Care Ultrasound: From the Field to the Bedside - Julie Furmick, DO

At the end of this presentation, participants should be able to:

• Describe how point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) is applied across the continuum of pediatric care, from the outpatient office and prehospital setting through the emergency department, ICU, OR, and inpatient wards.
• Identify at least three clinical scenarios in which POCUS changes time-sensitive management decisions, using evidence from the pediatric literature and a representative case.
• Discuss the training, credentialing, and quality assurance infrastructure required to build and sustain a hospital-wide POCUS program.

About this presenter:

Julie Furmick, DO
Director of Point-of-Care Ultrasound, Pediatric Emergency Department
Pediatric Emergency Medicine Attending, Phoenix Children's
Clinical Instructor, Pediatrics, University of Arizona College of Medicine- Phoenix

Dr. Julie Furmick is the Director of Point-of-Care Ultrasound for the Pediatric Emergency Department at Phoenix Children's, where she also serves as a Pediatric Emergency Medicine attending physician. She completed her Pediatric Emergency Medicine fellowship at Carolinas Medical Center, Atrium Health, followed by a Point-of-Care Ultrasound fellowship at Valleywise Health. Dr. Furmick is board certified in both General Pediatrics and Pediatric Emergency Medicine and serves as a Clinical Instructor at the University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix. Her academic work focuses on POCUS education as well as POCUS program development for Phoenix Children's. She has presented nationally on point-of-care ultrasound, including prior invited talks on prehospital ultrasound and pediatric POCUS applications.