Introduction to Critical Care & Advanced Emergency and Critical Care Ultrasound

OVERVIEW

Introduction to Critical Care and Advanced Emergency & 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 WINFOCUS and ACEP ultrasound practice guidelines. These courses are taught by leading critical care and emergency medicine ultrasound experts that incorporates 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 four (4) 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 a Case Log of over 100 exams performed that may be used for hospital credentialing purposes.

TOPICS

• Ultrasound-Guided Central Line 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, Shock & Hypotension
• Advanced Ultrasound Evaluation of Shock
• Ultrasound Guided Procedures: Pericardiocentesis, Paracentesis, Hemothorax, Lumbar Puncture
• 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)
• Nerve Blocks in the ED (Forearm, Truncal, Femoral, and Selected Ankle Blocks)

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, and 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, and 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.

CREDITS

INTRODUCTION TO CRITICAL CARE ULTRASOUND

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.

ULTRASOUND IMAGING FUNDAMENTALS: THE BASICS - ONLINE VIDEO

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

The Gulfcoast Ultrasound Institute designates this internet activity enduring material for a maximum of 1.25 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.

ADVANCED EMERGENCY MEDICINE & CRITICAL CARE ULTRASOUND

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.