🗞️ Ultrasound Application News

This 2024 study published in BMC Medical Education surveyed Belgian anesthesiologists and trainees to assess their knowledge and training needs related to gastric point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS). Gastric POCUS allows clinicians to evaluate stomach contents before general anesthesia and deep sedation. This helps reduce the risk of aspiration, a serious complication in patients who have not fasted.  The survey used simulated clinical cases to identify gaps in proficiency and inform future training programs.

You can read the full blog post here.

⭐ Special Feature: AIMW 2026 🎉

Thank you to everyone who stopped by Booth #117 and connected with us at AIMW 2026 in Seattle! It was great meeting so many Internal Medicine residency and fellowship leaders and seeing the enthusiasm for structured, scalable POCUS training. We loved showing how SonoSim supports IM programs with unlimited scanning practice on normal and pathologic cases from real patients, didactic content aligned with ACGME milestones and ACP IMM guidelines, and tools that give residents the ability to practice anytime, from any device. 

📌 Did you miss AIMW this year? Catch up on what we shared.

📚 Case of the Month

Background: This 49-year-old female presents with cardiac risk factors, including smoking. Physical exam reveals mild obesity and slight tenderness to palpation, with a rectal exam negative for occult blood. EKG is normal, and labs, including CBC, LFTs, and Lipase, are within normal limits.

View the findings video below for the diagnosis.👇

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👩‍⚕️ Scanning & Imaging Tips: Left Lateral Decubitus Positioning

An important tip leading to successful gallbladder imaging is to have the patient roll onto their left side. Roll the patient into a left lateral decubitus position, instructing them to roll all the way over on their side as if sleeping. This positioning helps keep loops of bowel out of the way. In other words, the second portion of the duodenum that runs right along the posterior wall of the gallbladder will fall away, making it easier to observe the gallbladder.

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💡 SonoSim Tips & Tricks

Calibrate Your Probe, Perfect Your Scan

Periodically calibrating your SonoSimulator® probe is key to getting the most out of every scan. Whether you are launching the SonoSimulator for the first time or working through your 1000th case, take a moment to recalibrate whenever the SonoSimulator probe/on-screen virtual probe alignment feels off. Simply open a case, place your probe in the Start Position.

Calibrate in the Start Position

1. Point the probe indicator to the left

2. Align the probe straight against your laptop and/or parallel with your screen

3. Hold the footprint flat on your desk and stay still 

Once in the start position, Press the "C" key or the Calibrate button. 

Happy scanning!

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