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The danger of not having the head of the patient and the ultrasound screen in the same sightline is twofold (Figure 5.3). First, if the patient decompensates or is critical, you have no idea if they are becoming distressed, cyanotic, having open‐mouth breathing, etc. when you and the technician are focused on the ultrasound screen in the opposite direction to your patient's head. Second, by not having the patient's head and ultrasound screen in the same sightline, you and your assistant are vulnerable, leaving your face, hands, and body open to bites and scratches without defense, while focusing on the screen. And finally, spatial orientation is better learned and established even by experienced sonographers by having the machine and head of the patient in the same sightline, and you will likely be more comfortable rather than craning your neck to look at a screen in an uncomfortable direction.