Introduction and Advanced Emergency Medicine & Critical Care Ultrasound - Combined Live Course (Sep 13 - 17, 2021)

Introduction and Advanced Emergency Medicine & Critical Care Ultrasound - Combined Live Course is organized by Gulfcoast Ultrasound Institute (GCUS) Inc. and will be held from Sep 13 - 17, 2021 at Gulfcoast Ultrasound Institute, St. petersburg, Florida, United States of America.

Target Audience:
This hands-on emergency ultrasound course is intended for any medical professional involved with performing ultrasound examinations in an emergency setting. Participants may include, but are not limited to: emergency and critical care physicians, surgeons, hospitalists, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, sonographers, internal medicine physicians, and any other point of care medical professionals.

Accreditation:
The Gulfcoast Ultrasound Institute designates this live activity for a maximum of 24.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 24.00 Medical Knowledge MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

Approved by the American College of Emergency Physicians for a maximum of 24.00 hour(s) of ACEP Category I credit(s).

Advanced Emergency Medicine & Critical Care Ultrasound
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 16.00 Medical Knowledge MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

Approved by the American College of Emergency Physicians for a maximum of 16.00 hour(s) of ACEP Category I credit(s).

The Gulfcoast Ultrasound Institute designates this live activity for a maximum of 16.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Focused Cardiac Ultrasound - Online Video
The Gulfcoast Ultrasound Institute designates this internet activity enduring material for a maximum of 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Description:
Introduction and Advanced Emergency Medicine & Critical Care Ultrasound Live Training Course provides participants a strong foundation to perform and/or interpret the core and advanced ultrasound applications in an emergency setting as outlined in the ACEP and WINFOCUS ultrasound practice guidelines. These courses are taught by leading emergency medicine and critical care ultrasound experts that incorporates comprehensive lectures, interactive case presentations, system optimization and needle guidance sessions. Extensive Hands-On scanning sessions feature a 3:1 participant to faculty hands-on scan ratio with live models and phantoms to allow the learner to immediately integrate the skills learned into clinical practice. In this five (5) day program, participants will learn ultrasound techniques for the entire emergency medicine & critical care specialty. Each participant also receive scanning checklists for reference purposes and Case Log of over 100 exams performed that may be used for hospital credentialing purposes.

Objectives:
• Increase the participant’s knowledge to better perform and/or interpret Emergency ultrasound examinations.
• State the basic fundamentals of ultrasound physics and demonstrate appropriate optimization for system controls.
• Perform ultrasound evaluation of the trauma patient (E-FAST exam) and pneumothorax.
• Demonstrate scan protocols for focused evaluation of the abdomen, aorta, female pelvis, and adult heart.
• State an algorithm for uses of bedside ultrasound during cardiac arrest, shock, and hypotension
• Demonstrate image orientation, transducer preparation, and scan protocols for performing use of ultrasound guidance for vascular access, pericardiocentesis, paracentesis, hemothorax, lumbar puncture, and ET placement.
• Demonstrate protocol for focused evaluation of DVT.
• Differentiate normal/abnormal image characteristics of the abdomen, female pelvis, first trimester OB, and ectopic pregnancy.
• Increase competence to incorporate protocols, scan techniques, and interpretation criteria into clinical practice.

Topics:
• Imaging Fundamentals
• OB-GYN Anatomy/Exam
• Ectopic Pregnancy
• OB Cases & Abortion
• PID & Masses
• Fundamentals of Needle Guidance
• Ultrasound-Guided Vascular Access
• Abdominal Scanning Fundamentals
• FAST & E-FAST Exam
• Focused 2D Cardiac Exam (FATE)
• Abscess & Joint Aspiration
• Biliary & Renal Colic
• Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
• Evaluation of DVT
• Evaluation of Cardiac Arrest and Shock & Hypotension
• Ultrasound Guided Procedures: Pericardiocentesis, Paracentesis, Hemothorax, Lumbar Puncture
• Evaluation of COVID-19
• Training and Credentialing
• Sonography in Shock & Source of Sepsis (Gallbladder, Biliary Tree, Appendix, Bowel Obstruction,
• Peritonitis & Abscess, Pyelonephritis, Pneumonia)
• Fluid Responsiveness in the Critically Ill
• Ultrasound Guided Peripheral Vascular Access
• Interactive Case Studies
• Critical Care Track:
? Cardiac Doppler & Focused Calculations
? Echo Assessment of Cardiomyopathies & Heart Failure
? Mitral Insufficiency & Complications
? Evaluation of the Right Heart
• Emergency Track:
? Sonography of the Acute Scrotum
? Advanced EM Applications (Evaluation of Soft Tissue for Abscess, Foreign Body Detection, MSK Applications, Evaluation of ? Bony Cortices, Ocular Emergencies, Verification of Endotracheal Tube Placement)
? Nerve Blocks in the ED (Forearm, Femoral, and Ankle Blocks)