Emergency Medicine POCUS Workshop 2019

Emergency Medicine POCUS Workshop is organized by University of South Florida (USF), Arun Kalava and will be held on Mar 10, 2019 at Araliya Event Venue, Tampa, Florida, United States of America.

The target audience for this medical event is Emergency Physicians/Critical Care Physicians/Internal Medicine/Acute Care Physicians/ARNP/Residents/Fellows. This CME Conference has been approved for a maximum of 6.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits.

Prerequisites: MD/DO/ARNP

Course Objectives are:
• Understand basic ultrasound physics, as it pertains to the practical aspects of performing point of care ultrasound.
• Understand the basic functions of the machine, such as adjusting depth, gain and focus.
• Perform the FAST exam
• Recognize a positive FAST exam
• Understand the indications, false positives and false negatives of FAST exams
• Perform the four basic cardiac POCUS views and recognize a normal cardiac POCUS
• Recognize poor systolic function, RV enlargement, and pericardial effusion
• Perform an abdominal aorta POCUS
• Recognize a normal POCUS of the aorta
• Recognize an abdominal aortic aneurysm on POCUS
• Perform a POCUS of the IVC
• Interpret an IVC POCUS as it pertains to fluid tolerance
• Perform a thoracic POCUS
• Recognize a normal thoracic POCUS
• Recognize lung sliding, pleural effusion, pneumonia, and interstitial syndrome
• Recognize vein from an artery on POCUS
• Guide a needle into a vessel dynamically utilizing POCUS

Curriculum:
8:00-8:45 Introduction, Physics, Knobology
8:45-8:55 Intro to FAST
8:55-9:30 FAST hands-on
9:30-10:15 FAST cases and pathology
10:15-10:20 Break
10:20:-10:40 Intro to basic Cardiac
10:40-11:25 Cardiac hands-on
11:25-11:55 Cardiac cases and pathology
11:55-12:00 Break
12:00-12:10 Intro to Aorta
12:10-12:30 Aorta hands-on
12:30-12:40 Aorta cases and pathology
12:40-1:10 Lunch
1:10-1:20 IVC intro
1:20-1:30 IVC hands-on
1:30-1:40 IVC cases
1:40-1:50 Intro to Thoracic
1:50-2:10 Thoracic hands-on
2:10-2:35 Thoracic cases and pathology
2:35-2:40 Break2:45-3:10 Vascular access
3:10-4:00 Selective

Pick one from the following list:
• Renal/bladder
• Biliary
• Ocular
• DVT
• Testicular/Scrotal
• Advanced Transthoracic Echo
• Basic Musculoskeletal

Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.