Critical Care Ultrasonography: Image Acquisition and Interpretation

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.