Aiding Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Congestive Heart Failure Ultrasound-Guided Management Through Enhanced Point-of-Care Ultrasound (ACCUMEN-POCUS): Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial

Michelle Nora Grinman   ^{1, 2, 3} , BSc, MPH, MD ;   Peter Nakhla   ^{1, 2} , BHSc, MD ;   Steve Reid   ⁴ , BSc ;   Dennis Moon   ³ , ACP ;   Negar Dehghan Noudeh   ⁵ , BSc, MBT ;   Oladoyin Olaosebikan   ² , MBBS ;   Amanda Chung Yan Ip   ² , BSc, MSc ;   Salomé Saunders   ² , BSc, MBT ;   Ryan Kozicky   ³ , BSc, MPH ;   John Conly   ^{1, 2, 3, 6} , CCFP, MD, DSc ;   Andrew Wallace Kirkpatrick   ^{7, 8} , MHSc, MD ;   Jeff Round   ⁹ , BA, MA, PhD ;   Irene Wai Yan Ma   ^{1, 10} , BSc, MSc, MD, PhD, RDCS, RDMS ;   Suean Pascoe   ¹¹ , BAppSc, GradCert (Clinical Teaching), GradDip (MedUS) ;   Ghazwan Altabbaa   ^{1, 3} , MSc, MD

¹ Department of Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada

² O’Brien Institute for Public Health, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada

³ Alberta Health Services, Calgary, AB, Canada

⁴ Presuna, Coleman, AB, Canada

⁵ Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

⁶ Snyder Institute for Chronic Diseases, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada

⁷ Department of Surgery, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada

⁸ TeleMentored Ultrasound Supported Medical Interventions Research Group, Calgary, AB, Canada

⁹ Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada

¹⁰ Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada

¹¹ Zedu Ultrasound Training Solutions, Greensborough, Australia