**7. Conclusion**

POCUS is a great tool in the armamentarium of a physician in the evaluation and monitoring of a patient with abdominal trauma. Trained non-radiologists can perform POCUS reliably and identify injuries at the bedside.

Diagnostic utility of POCUS at the bedside has been well studied. It is a noninvasive, easily repeatable, and cost-effective modality. It is crucial to the time when POCUS is performed so as to prevent any delay in treatment of patients with abdominal trauma. This can be achieved by using the time of resuscitation in the emergency department. A focused approach based on the type and location of injury can be used to closely scan the likely affected organs. Trauma to solid organs, that is, liver, spleen, and kidney are best picked up on ultrasound.

Newer techniques, such as Doppler mode and contrasted-enhanced ultrasonography, allow better visualization and/or identification of injuries without any increase in risk to the patient. Thus, POCUS is a growing field and its applications are vast, beyond the standard eFAST.
