Proficiency in lung ultrasound and perceived barriers to adoption among emergency physicians after a short pneumonia training programme: a multicentre observational study in Swiss emergency department
Cécile Bessat, Alizé Erard, Alexia Roux, Thomas Brahier, Veronique Suttels, Roland Bingisser, Markus Schwendinger, Tim Bulaty, Yvan Fournier, Vincent Della Santa, Magali Pfeil, Dominique Schwab, Jörg D Leuppi, Nicolas Geigy, Stephan Steuer, Friedemann Roos, Michael Christ, Adriana Sirova, Alexandra · 2026
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Cécile Bessat and co-authors study lung ultrasound training in Swiss emergency rooms in 2026. Lung ultrasound can spot pneumonia fast, but standard training takes long and slows uptake. The study sits inside a larger trial on smarter antibiotic use for chest infections. Doctors took a short training course built for pneumonia scans.
After the course, the team tested how well the doctors could read lung scans. They also asked what blocks wider use of the method in daily work. Sites across many centers took part in the stepped trial design. Short training that truly works could spread a handy bedside tool to more emergency teams.
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| CREATOR | Cécile Bessat, Alizé Erard, Alexia Roux, Thomas Brahier, Veronique Suttels, Roland Bingisser, Markus Schwendinger, Tim Bulaty, Yvan Fournier, Vincent Della Santa, Magali Pfeil, Dominique Schwab, Jörg D Leuppi, Nicolas Geigy, Stephan Steuer, Friedemann Roos, Michael Christ, Adriana Sirova, Alexandra |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 30 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |