Critical Care Ultrasound

This two-day training course will enable you to perform several diagnostic ultrasound exams. It will provide the skills needed to recognize basic anatomy and pathology in an ultrasound image. You will learn about ultrasound physics and instrumentation, vascular access as well as intra-thoracic and intra-abdominal fluid collections. This course includes training on the FAST exam, diagnosing DVT, bladder evaluation and more. Course content can be tailored to your department's specific needs.

Registrants will also participate in hands-on scanning labs either in a classroom-based teaching environment with live models or your own emergency department. In either venue, our faculty will teach you the essential skills and techniques needed to scan with accuracy and percision allowing you to maximize your diagnostic skill.

Objectives:

Understand indications for bedside ultrasound.
Understand image orientation, probe selection, basic ultrasound terminology, and artifacts.
Identify fluid collections, thrombus, and AAA.
Perform the FAST exam.
Perform basic vascular ultrasound for line access and thrombus evaluation.
Review case studies.

Course Outline:

Ultrasound 101
Indications
Scan protocol
Abdnormal findings
Tips and pitfalls
Scan lab

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