Critical Care Ultrasound Adult Self-Directed 2020

Critical Care Ultrasound: Adult Self-Directed 2020

Critical Care Ultrasound

The Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) supports recommendations that will promote lifelong learning through continuing education. SCCM promotes activities that encourage the highest quality in education that will enhance knowledge, competence or performance in critical care practice. This activity will meet the following competencies:

• Professionalism
• Patient Care and Procedural Skills
•  Med ica I Knowledge
• Practice-Based Learning and Improvement
• Interpersonal and Communication Skills

Type Of Activity

This live workshop will focus on applying knowledge and practicing skills and techniques of ultrasound in the intensive care unit.

Learning Objectives

• ·Demonstrate a foundation of ultrasound knowledge
• ·Practice acquisition of high-quality images via hands-on exercises
• ·Demonstrate image interpretation and utilization of ultrasound as a diagnostic tool

Target Audience

This continuing education activity is intended to meet the needs of intensivists, anesthesiologists, cardiologists, emergency physicians, physician assistants, advanced practice nurses and all other providers who care for patients in any setting in which critical care is provided.

Topics :

LEARNING MODULES – PROCEDURES

• 1. Pre-Test Review
• 2. Basic Physics and Knobology
• 3. Fundamental Echocardiography Views
• 4. Clinical Cases
• 5. Basic Evaluation of Left Ventricular Function and Cardiac Output
• 6. Basic Evaluation of Right Ventricular Function
• 7. Intravascular Volume Assessment
• 8. Clinical Cases and Interactive Questions
• 9. Pulmonary Embolism- Diagnosis and Physiology
• 10. Tamponade- Diagnosis and Physiology
• 11. Evaluation of Pneumothorax, Pleural Effusions, and Thoracentesis
• 12. Echocardiographic Approach to Shock
• 13. Clinical Cases
• 14. Vascular Ultrasound
• 15. Focused Assessment with Sonography in Trauma (FAST) Exam
• 16. Clinical Cases and Interactive Questions

LEARNING MODULES – SKILL STATIONS

• 1. Apical Views
• 2. Lung Ultrasound Evaluation
• 3. Parasternal Access
• 4. Parasternal Lung Access View
• 5. Subcostal Views

Release Date: August 10-11, 2020