The main objectives of this program are to:

1. Increase the participant’s knowledge to better perform and/or interpret emergency medicine and critical care ultrasound examinations.
2. Increase competence to incorporate protocols, scan techniques, and interpretation criteria into clinical practice
3. State the basic fundamentals of ultrasound physics and demonstrate appropriate optimization for system controls.
4. Demonstrate scan protocols for focused evaluation of the trauma patient (E-FAST exam), pneumothorax, abdomen, aorta/IVC, DVT, ocular & airway/thoracic, soft tissue and musculoskeletal applications, adult heart, and female pelvis.
5. State an algorithm for uses of bedside ultrasound during cardiac arrest, sepsis, shock, and hypotension.
6. Demonstrate image orientation, transducer preparation, and scan protocols for performing use of ultrasound guidance for central & peripheral vascular access, pericardiocentesis, paracentesis, thoracentesis, hemothorax, lumbar puncture, and joint aspiration.
7. Differentiate normal/abnormal image characteristics of the abdomen, female pelvis, first trimester OB, and ectopic pregnancy.
8. Identify sonographic characteristics associated with abdominal sepsis involving the hepatobiliary, renal, and GI systems.

Week 1:

1. Imaging Fundamentals (pre-course online video)
2. Abdominal Scan Fundamentals
3. FAST & Lung
4. Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm & Case Studies

Week 2:

1. Ultrasound Guided Central & Peripheral Vascular Access
2. Focused 2D Cardiac Exam
3. US Guided Procedures: Pericardiocentesis, Thoracentesis, Paracentesis, Hemothorax, and Lumbar Puncture
4. Biliary & Renal Colic

Week 3:

1. Evaluation of Cardiac Arrest and Shock & Hypotension
2. DVT Evaluation
3. Ocular & Airway/Thoracic Ultrasound: Ocular US, ET Verification, USG Cricothyrotomy, and Alveolar/Interstitial Syndromes
4. ABC’s: Sonography in Sepsis: Pneumonia, Renal Sepsis, Peritonitis/Abscess, Biliary Sepsis, Acute Appendicitis, and Bowel Obstruction

Week 4:

1. Soft Tissue & Musculoskeletal Applications: Cellulitis, Abscess & Cutaneous Masses, Foreign Body Detection & Removal, Fracture Assessment & Reduction, Tendon Injury, and Joint Effusion
2. Interactive EM & Critical Care Cases
3. Gyn Anatomy & Scan Protocols
4. Intrauterine & Ectopic Pregnancy
5. Ultrasound Evaluation of PID & Masses (post-course online video, non-CME)

4 Weeks (1 Month)

Enrollment Fee: $150.00
Limited Offer: $100.00