Introduction and Advanced Emergency Medicine & Critical Care Ultrasound 2023

OVERVIEW

Introduction and Advanced Emergency Medicine & Critical Care Ultrasound Live Training Course provides participants a strong foundation to perform and/or interpret the core and advanced ultrasound applications in an emergency setting as outlined in the ACEP and WINFOCUS ultrasound practice guidelines. These courses are taught by leading emergency medicine and critical care ultrasound experts and incorporate comprehensive lectures, interactive case presentations, system optimization and needle guidance sessions. Extensive Hands-On scanning sessions feature a 3:1 faculty to participant 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 emergency medicine & critical care specialty. Each participant also receives scanning checklists for reference purposes and case log of exams performed that may be used for hospital credentialing purposes.

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• FREE: Focused Cardiac Ultrasound Pre-Course Online Video
• Destination Education in St. Petersburg, Florida
• Trusted Emergency Medicine and Critical Care Ultrasound CME Leader Since 1985
• Most Comprehensive Hands-On Emergency Medicine and Critical Care Course Available
• Industry Leading 3:1 Faculty to Participant Hands-On Scan Ratio
• Master Level Emergency Medicine and Critical Care Ultrasound Faculty
• State-Of-The-Art Lecture Facility and Scan Labs
• Lifetime Access to E-Course Materials
• Immediately Implement Skills Learned into Clinical Practice
• Expand Diagnostic & Interventional Services Offered
• ACCME Accredited with Commendation

TOPICS

• Imaging Fundamentals
• OB-GYN Anatomy/Exam
• Ectopic Pregnancy
• OB Cases & Abortion
• PID & Masses
• Fundamentals of Needle Guidance
• Ultrasound-Guided Central Access
• Abdominal Scanning Fundamentals
• FAST & E-FAST Exam
• Focused 2D Cardiac Exam (FATE)
• Abscess & Joint Aspiration (Optional Lecture)
• Biliary & Renal Colic
• Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
• Evaluation of DVT
• Evaluation of Cardiac Arrest and Shock & Hypotension
• Ultrasound Guided Procedures: Pericardiocentesis, Paracentesis, Hemothorax, Lumbar Puncture
• Advanced Ultrasound Evaluation of Shock
• Sonography in Shock & 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)
• Nerve Blocks in the ED (Forearm, Truncal, Femoral, and Selected Ankle Blocks)

OBJECTIVES

• Increase the participant’s knowledge to better perform and/or interpret Emergency ultrasound examinations.
• State the basic fundamentals of ultrasound physics and demonstrate appropriate optimization for system controls.
• Perform ultrasound evaluation of the trauma patient (E-FAST exam) and pneumothorax.
• Demonstrate scan protocols for focused evaluation of the abdomen, aorta, female pelvis, and adult heart.
• State an algorithm for uses of bedside ultrasound during cardiac arrest, shock, and hypotension
• Demonstrate image orientation, transducer preparation, and scan protocols for performing use of ultrasound guidance for vascular access, pericardiocentesis, paracentesis, hemothorax, lumbar puncture, and ET placement/verification.
• Demonstrate protocol for focused evaluation of DVT.
• Differentiate normal/abnormal image characteristics of the abdomen, female pelvis, first trimester OB, and ectopic pregnancy.
• 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.

AUDIENCE

This hands-on emergency medicine & critical care ultrasound course is intended for any medical professional involved with performing ultrasound examinations in an emergency setting. Physician participants may include, but are not limited to: emergency and critical care physicians, surgeons, hospitalists, primary care, internal medicine, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, sonographers, internal medicine physicians, and any other point of care medical professionals.

CREDITS

The Gulfcoast Ultrasound Institute is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 24.00 Medical Knowledge MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

Approved by the American College of Emergency Physicians for a maximum of 24.00 hour(s) of ACEP Category I credit(s).

The Gulfcoast Ultrasound Institute designates this live activity for a maximum of 24.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

This course also meets CME / CEU requirements for ARDMS.Note: While offering the CME credit hours noted above, activities are not intended to provide extensive training or certification for exam performance or interpretation.

The Gulfcoast Ultrasound Institute is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 16.00 Medical Knowledge MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

Approved by the American College of Emergency Physicians for a maximum of 16.00 hour(s) of ACEP Category I credit(s).

The Gulfcoast Ultrasound Institute designates this live activity for a maximum of 16.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

This course also meets CME / CEU requirements for ARDMS.Note: While offering the CME credit hours noted above, activities are not intended to provide extensive training or certification for exam performance or interpretation.

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