First to the deteriorating patient, with the least imaging.
The ward is where hypotension and hypoxemia are found by the clinician with the fewest diagnostic tools in reach. EASy is a structured first look built for exactly that position.
When a ward patient deteriorates, the first clinician at the bedside usually has a stethoscope, a monitor, and a decision to make: treat here or escalate now. The imaging that would settle the question lives in another department, on another timeline.
Most focused-ultrasound training asks that clinician to master multiple windows before the exam yields anything usable. EASy inverts that: one learnable window first, explicit boundaries on what the exam can answer, and a named threshold for calling for help.
Acquire. Phenotype. Act.
Acquire
Subcostal heart, IVC, and anterior lungs on a single phased-array probe — an exam bounded enough to be learnable by clinicians whose day job is not imaging.
Phenotype
The findings resolve into one of ten hemodynamic phenotypes — turning "this patient looks bad" into a physiology statement the rapid-response conversation can act on.
Act
Each phenotype guides a defined pathway, including the most important ward decision of all: when the focused exam is insufficient and the patient needs escalation, not another image.
Where EASy fits on the ward
The hypotensive ward patient — EASy MAP
The core protocol for the rapid-response call: six views, ten phenotypes, one first move.
ExploreNew hypoxemia — EASy Hypoxia
An airway-first, structured approach to the acutely hypoxemic patient.
ExploreThe septic ward patient — EASy Sepsis
Serial assessment from first suspicion through resuscitation hand-off.
ExploreAverage examination time for novice sonographers in the published comparison. A protocol that costs a quarter of the time gets repeated when the patient changes.
Fiorini & Basmaji, Can J Anaesth 2022After one day of focused training, novice residents obtained images sufficient for supervised clinical decision-making in 87% of 63 examinations — averaging 4.3 minutes each. Day one is about acquisition; interpretation stays supervised.
Crit Care Explor 2024Take it to the bedside
Free bedside cards
Print-ready phenotype and resuscitation reference for ward machines.
OpenFree weekly scenario
One real, de-identified clinical scenario open to everyone, rotating every Monday.
OpenAcquisition drill
Build the probe-to-view reflex before you need it at 3 a.m.
OpenSelf-paced modules
membersThe full curriculum — views, phenotypes, and pathways — at your own pace.
OpenTrain your team to read the unstable patient
Live, case-based courses for clinicians at every level — and a supervised pathway for programs building a POCUS curriculum.
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