[Verse 1]
Probe in hand before the needle drops,
Compress the vein and watch the vessel flop,
Transverse plane first, confirm the lumen's round,
Tilt to long-axis, thread your wire down,
Dynamic guidance, real-time needle tip,
Infiltrate the artery — you'll catch that slip,
Doppler tells the difference, pulsatile flow,
Vein compresses, artery says no
[Pre-Chorus]
Six zones on the lung, B-lines cascade,
Sliding pleura means pneumothorax stayed away,
Comet tails in pulmonary edema pour,
Absent sliding — barcode sign, open that door
[Chorus]
Vascular, gastric, lung and heart,
Bladder, airway — scan before you start,
FAST and FoCUS, sliding, stripes and shred,
Point-of-care ultrasound inside your head,
Antrum in the right decubitus view,
Full stomach graded, aspiration's cue,
BLUE protocol, parasternal, subcostal spread —
Scan it, know it, keep the patient safe instead
[Verse 2]
Gastric antrum, right lateral decubitus,
Graded zero, one, or two — the status is discussed,
Grade two means content solid or mixed beyond,
Delay elective, modified RSI respond,
Qualitative volume, cross-sectional area reads,
Greater than 1.5 mils per kilo — heed,
The antrum swells with fluid in its bay,
Nil by mouth compliance? Ultrasound will say
[Verse 3]
Four FoCUS windows — parasternal long,
Apical four-chamber, subcostal strong,
PLAX shows LV function, septal wall,
Global squeeze or pericardial effusion call,
Tamponade: the right atrium collapses inward,
IVC plethoric, equalization — absurd,
Hypovolemia reads a flat collapsed cave,
Hypervolemic IVC barely waves
[Bridge]
Airway now — probe transverse on the neck,
Cricothyroid membrane — TACA check,
Tracheal rings like pearls below the chin,
Esophageal intubation — donut sign within,
Bladder dome above the pubic arch appears,
Volume estimated cubed before the Foley clears,
Lung point confirms the pneumothorax border zone,
Seashore sign returns — the lung's reclaimed its home
[Chorus]
Vascular, gastric, lung and heart,
Bladder, airway — scan before you start,
FAST and FoCUS, sliding, stripes and shred,
Point-of-care ultrasound inside your head,
Antrum in the right decubitus view,
Full stomach graded, aspiration's cue,
BLUE protocol, parasternal, subcostal spread —
Scan it, know it, keep the patient safe instead
[Outro]
Six findings, six windows, six reasons to probe,
Effusion, edema, the consolidation globe,
Needle tip confirmed, the airway verified,
Gastric risk quantified before you slide inside,
Every anesthetic starts with what you see —
The transducer whispers what the history can't be