Ultrasound: From Basics to Bedside Diagnosis and Procedures is organized by Cleveland Clinic and will be held during May 18 - 19, 2018 at Holiday Inn Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America. The target audience for this medical event is physicians, physician assistants, and nurse practitioners in emergency medicine, internal medicine, critical care, cardiology, general surgery, pediatrics, pulmonology, and radiology.
Accreditation :
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education designates:
• Ultrasound: From Basics to Bedside Diagnosis and Procedures live activity for a maximum of 11.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits.
• Optional Airway Management in the Critically III Workshop live activity for a maximum of 4 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits.
You’ll Want To Be At This Workshop :
The use of ultrasound to diagnose and guide procedures is growing rapidly and you don’t want to be left behind. This growth is primarily fueled by data indicating that ultrasound can improve the success rate of various procedures while decreasing complications. This ultrasound workshop will provide you with current state-of-the-art techniques for diagnosis and guiding procedures. You will be able to incorporate the lessons you learn by attending this workshop into your clinical practice.
Stay Current With These Objectives :
• Apply focused assessment with sonography for trauma and cardiac tamponade
• Demonstrate appropriate skills to use ultrasound for different procedures using ultrasound
guided techniques
• Demonstrate competence to use ultrasound guidance for central and peripheral venous
access and peripheral arterial access
• Describe the best use of ultrasound for paracentesis, thoracentesis, and arthrocentesis
• Describe the most effective diagnostic use of both new and marketed ultrasound devices
• Describe the issues associated with pediatric ultrasound
• Highlight basic science of ultrasound techniques and interpret their implications for
clinical practice
Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.