Critical Care Ultrasonography: Image Acquisition and Interpretation
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Availability
On-Demand
6 Courses
Release on Feb 28, 2025 12:00 AM Central Standard Time
Access expires on Dec 20, 2027
Credit Offered
4.5 CME / CE Credits
4.5 MOC Points
4.5 RN Credits
4.5 PA Credits
4.5 AANPCB Credits

This course offers the critical care clinician a comprehensive review of critical care ultrasonography as defined by the CHEST/ La Société de Réanimation de Langue Française Statement on Competence in Critical Care Ultrasonography (Chest. 2009;135(4):1050-1060). The course covers the following components of critical care ultrasonography: 

Module 1: Principles of Ultrasonography

Module 2: Thoracic ultrasonography (lung) 

Module 3: Thoracic ultrasonography (pleural) 

Module 4: Abdominal ultrasonography 

Module 5: Critical care echocardiography 

Module 6: Vascular ultrasonography (vascular access and venous thrombosis) 

 

The course provides instruction in the cognitive aspects of critical care ultrasonography, image acquisition, and image interpretation using a blended format of didactic material; video-based case review, and real-time demonstration scanning. The emphasis is on developing competence in the clinical applications of critical care ultrasonography using case-based learning. 

  • Identify ultrasonography physics, machine controls, transducer manipulations, and ultrasonography artifacts that are necessary to obtain high-quality images.  
  • Develop technical and cognitive skills required to achieve competency in lung, pleural, vascular, abdominal, and cardiac critical care ultrasonography.
  • Apply key techniques of ultrasonography that are important for diagnosis and management of the critically ill patient.   
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