Dr. Amburgey is an emergency medicine physician at Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton, Ohio. He also serves as the medical director for Hospital EMS and as clinical faculty for the Wright State University department of emergency medicine residency.
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Dr. McKinley is the assistant director of Point of Care Emergency Ultrasound with the Miami Valley Emergency Specialists and a clinical assistant professor at the Wright State University Emergency Medicine residency program in Dayton, Ohio.
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October 3, 2025
Nigel HendricksonWas a sternal notch view PoCUS image obtained?