Small details change outcomes
Needle angle, probe position, patient setup, contraindications, and backup plans can matter more than a broad overview.
For procedures and POCUS
Bedside reference support for procedures and ultrasound.
Procedures and POCUS move fast, and the details matter. FOAM Cortex helps clinicians review setup, landmarks, pitfalls, complications, and source-backed technique notes without digging through tabs mid-shift.
The procedure and POCUS reality
The hard part is remembering the details before your hands are busy.
Images are not self-explanatory
POCUS questions often need anatomy, acquisition tips, artifacts, clinical context, and limitations in the same place.
Follow-up learning gets lost
After a procedure or scan, clinicians need a quick way to review what went well, what was missed, and what to read next.
What FOAM Cortex gives bedside clinicians
A practical way to review technique, anatomy, complications, and follow-up learning.
Setup and positioning
Review equipment, positioning, landmarks, contraindications, and setup before the clinician’s hands are busy.
Ultrasound pitfalls
Connect scan acquisition, artifacts, anatomy, and limitations in one place instead of treating images as self-explanatory.
Complications and backup plans
Think through what can go wrong, what changes the plan, and when to escalate or stop.
Post-procedure follow-up learning
Capture what went well, what was difficult, and what to review after the procedure or scan.
Questions clinicians ask at the bedside
Specific questions deserve more than a generic procedure blurb.
POCUS01
What are the key views and pitfalls when evaluating RV strain?
FOAM Cortex returns
Views, signs, artifacts, limitations
Procedure02
What should I check before a lateral canthotomy?
FOAM Cortex returns
Indications, setup, steps, complications
Airway03
How should I prepare for a difficult airway in the ED?
FOAM Cortex returns
Equipment, backup plans, failure points
Vascular access04
What are common mistakes with ultrasound-guided IJ access?
FOAM Cortex returns
Anatomy, technique, complication checks
Debrief05
What should I review after a challenging paracentesis?
FOAM Cortex returns
Technique points, complications, reading list
POCUS01
What are the key views and pitfalls when evaluating RV strain?
FOAM Cortex returns
Views, signs, artifacts, limitations
Procedure02
What should I check before a lateral canthotomy?
FOAM Cortex returns
Indications, setup, steps, complications
Airway03
How should I prepare for a difficult airway in the ED?
FOAM Cortex returns
Equipment, backup plans, failure points
Vascular access04
What are common mistakes with ultrasound-guided IJ access?
FOAM Cortex returns
Anatomy, technique, complication checks
Debrief05
What should I review after a challenging paracentesis?
FOAM Cortex returns
Technique points, complications, reading list
Evidence-informed
Built for hands-on emergency care.
Procedures and POCUS depend on preparation, anatomy, image acquisition, patient selection, and knowing when a finding or complication changes the plan.
FOAM Cortex gives clinicians a source-backed way to review the pieces that matter before a procedure, after a scan, or during follow-up learning. It supports bedside judgment; it does not replace training, supervision, or local credentialing.
Hands-on skill still matters.
FOAM Cortex can support preparation and review, but procedures and POCUS still require training, supervision, local credentialing, and patient-specific judgment.
Not a black box.
References stay visible so clinicians can inspect the source trail instead of trusting a sealed answer.
Not a shortcut around local practice.
The product supports clinical context; it does not redefine supervision, role, or policy.
Not a replacement for protocols.
Use FOAM Cortex alongside institutional pathways, collaboration, and patient-specific judgment.
Built for the question you already had.
A faster route to the cited clinical context you were going to look up anyway.
Next step
Give clinicians a cleaner way to review procedures and POCUS.
Use FOAM Cortex to connect bedside questions with technique notes, pitfalls, anatomy, and visible sources.