Table 4 Field conditions for performing a Gastric-POCUS
Certified Anesthesiologist (n = 172) | Anesthesiology trainee (n = 65) | Total (n = 237) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
State of training in Gastric POCUS | ||||||
Trained | 26 | 15.12% | 5 | 7.69% | 31 | 13.08% |
Desire to be trained | 117 | 68.02% | 55 | 84.62% | 172 | 72.57% |
Untrained and do not want to be | 29 | 16.86% | 5 | 7.69% | 34 | 14.35% |
Availability of abdominal US probe | ||||||
Yes | 139 | 80.81% | 51 | 78.46% | 190 | 80.17% |
No | 24 | 13.95% | 2 | 3.08% | 26 | 10.97% |
Unknown | 9 | 5.23% | 12 | 18.46% | 21 | 8.86% |
Gastric Point-of-care Ultrasound should be more present in basic anesthesiology training | ||||||
Yes | 128 | 74.42% | 59 | 90.77% | 187 | 78.9% |
No | 9 | 5.23% | 1 | 1.54% | 10 | 4.22% |
Neutral | 35 | 20.35% | 5 | 7.69% | 40 | 16.88% |