Introduction and Advanced Critical Care Ultrasound (Sep 09 - 13, 2024)
Introduction and Advanced Critical Care Ultrasound is organized by Gulfcoast Ultrasound Institute (GCUS) Inc. and will be held from Sep 09 - 13, 2024 at Gulfcoast Ultrasound Institute, St. petersburg, Florida, United States of America.
Description:
Introduction and Advanced Critical Care Ultrasound CME Course provides participants a strong foundation to perform and/or interpret the core and advanced ultrasound applications in a critical care setting as outlined in the WINFOCUS and ACEP ultrasound practice guidelines. These courses are taught by leading critical care ultrasound experts that incorporate comprehensive lectures, interactive case presentations, system optimization and needle guidance sessions. Extensive hands-on scanning sessions feature a 3:1 faculty-to-participant hands-on scan ratio with live models and phantoms to allow the learner to immediately integrate the skills learned into clinical practice. In this five (5) day program, participants will learn ultrasound techniques for the entire critical care ultrasound specialty. Each participant also receives scanning checklists for reference purposes and a Case Log of over 100 exams performed that may be used for hospital credentialing purposes.
Learning Objectives:
• Increase participant’s knowledge to better perform and/or interpret Critical Care and Emergency Ultrasound examinations.
• State the basic fundamentals of ultrasound physics and demonstrate appropriate optimization of system controls.
• Perform ultrasound evaluation of the trauma patient (E-FAST exam).
• Perform ultrasound evaluation of the lung, ocular, soft-tissue, musculoskeletal and bony cortices in the emergency department.
• Demonstrate image orientation, transducer placement, and scan protocols for performing ultrasound evaluation of pneumothorax.
• Demonstrate scan protocols for focused evaluation of the abdomen, aorta, adult heart, and lower extremity DVT.
• Demonstrate image orientation, transducer preparation, and scan protocols for performing ultrasound-guided vascular access.
• Perform testicular ultrasound and recognize acute abnormalities.
• Differentiate normal/abnormal image characteristics of the abdomen and adult heart.
• State an algorithm for assessing causes of shock and hypotension using bedside ultrasound.
• Demonstrate protocols for performing thoracentesis, pericardiocentesis, paracentesis, lumbar puncture, and ET placement/verification.
• Increase competence to incorporate protocols, scan techniques, and interpretation criteria into clinical practice.
• Increase the participant’s knowledge to better perform and/or interpret Emergency and Critical Care ultrasound examinations.
• Identify Sonographic Characteristics Associated with Abdominal Sepsis involving the Hepatobiliary, Renal, and GI Systems.
• Outline indications and applications of color Doppler in the emergency and critical care setting.
• Perform ultrasound evaluation of the lung, ocular, soft-tissue, musculoskeletal, and bony cortices in the emergency department. (Optional EM track)
• Demonstrate the use of ultrasound guidance for peripheral vascular access.
• State principles of spectral and cardiac Doppler fundamentals and apply quantitative methods to evaluate acute valvular abnormalities (Optional critical care track).
• Recognize the sonographic appearance of individual nerves and list the advantages provided when ultrasound is used for performing regional nerve blocks. (Optional EM track)
• Evaluate fluid responsiveness in the critically ill patient.
• Perform testicular ultrasound and recognize acute abnormalities. (Optional EM track)
• Increase competence to incorporate protocols, scan techniques & interpretation criteria to improve diagnostic/treatment accuracy.
Topics:
• Ultrasound-Guided Central Line Access
• Abdominal Scanning Fundamentals
• FAST & E-FAST Exam
• Focused 2D Cardiac Exam (FATE)
• Abscess and Joint Aspiration (optional lecture)
• Biliary & Renal Colic
• Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm & Case Studies
• Evaluation of DVT
• Evaluation of Cardiac Arrest, Shock & Hypotension
• Ultrasound Guided Procedures: Pericardiocentesis, Paracentesis, Hemothorax, Lumbar Puncture
• Advanced Ultrasound Evaluation of Shock
• Sonography in Source of Sepsis (Gallbladder, Biliary Tree, Appendix, Bowel Obstruction, Peritonitis & Abscess, Pyelonephritis, Pneumonia)
• Fluid Responsiveness in the Critically Ill
• Ultrasound Guided Peripheral Vascular Access: Challenges, Pitfalls, Tips & Tricks
• CRITICAL CARE TRACK:
. Cardiac Doppler & Focused Calculations
. Echo Assessment of Cardiomyopathies & Heart Failure
. Mitral Insufficiency & Complications
. Evaluation of the Right Heart
• EMERGENCY MEDICINE TRACK:
. Sonography of the Acute Scrotum
. Advanced EM Applications (Evaluation of Soft Tissue for Abscess, Foreign Body Detection, MSK Applications, Evaluation of Bony Cortices for Rapid Fracture . Diagnoses/Post-Reduction Bony Alignment, Evaluation of the eye for Ocular Emergencies, and ET Placement/Verification)
