Our responsibility for training physicians to understand the effect patient death has on them: the role of the intensivist.

Editorials study is that, notwithstanding a missing defi nitive diagnosis of PTE, alternative diagnoses, such as pneu monia, interstitial syndrome, or pleural effusion, could immediately be made in 106 patients (47%). Consequently, it pays off to thoroughly sound the lung of patients with stable hemodynamics. The multiorgan ultrasound is special and novel when PTE is suspected, performed in one session immediately when such suspicion arises . Lung ultrasound on lung consolidations is relatively new. It is scientifically well documented but not really accepted, although it is recommended in guidelines and consensus conferences. This concept is fast, effective, and reduces radiation exposure and costs. The source (leg vein sonography), transmission and hemodynamics (echocardiography), and arrival (lung ultrasound) of thromboembolic dis ease can be detected with a single ultrasound system in one procedure, thus, “killing three birds with one stone.” Portable ultrasound systems have led to a paradigm shift, especially in emergency sonography. Instead of using a stethoscope, we can take our ultrasound probe to the patient and make a point-of-care examination. This allows precise diagnoses in many cases, such as pneumothorax or acute abdomen. From a diagnostic and therapeutic point of view, further strategic decisions may be made more easily and more precisely. Now then: Use your ultrasound stethoscope !