Introduction and Advanced Emergency Medicine & Critical Care Ultrasound - Combined Live Course (Sep 11 - 15, 2023)

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 11 - 15, 2023 at Gulfcoast Ultrasound Institute, St. Petersburg, Florida, United States of America.

Overview :
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 Faculty to Participant 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 Receives Scanning Checklists for Reference Purposes and Case Log or Exams Performed That May Be Used for Hospital Credentialing Purposes.

Objectives :
• Increase the participant’s knowledge to perform better 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 use 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/verification.
• Demonstrate the 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 Central Access
• Abdominal Scanning Fundamentals
• Fast & E-fast Exam
• Focused 2d Cardiac Exam (Fate)
• Abscess & Joint Aspiration (Optional Lecture)
• Biliary & Renal Colic
• Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
• Evaluation of Dvt
• Evaluation of Cardiac Arrest and Shock & Hypotension
• Ultrasound Guided Procedures: Pericardiocentesis, Paracentesis, Hemothorax, Lumbar Puncture
• Advanced Ultrasound Evaluation of Shock
• 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: Challenges, Pitfalls, Tips & Tricks
• Critical Care Track:
• Cardiac Doppler & Focused Calculations
• Echo Assessment of Cardiomyopathies & Heart Failure
• Mitral Insufficiency & Complications
• Evaluation of the Right Heart
• Emergency Medicine Track:
• Sonography of the Acute Scrotum
• Advanced Em Applications (Evaluation of Soft Tissue for Abscess, Foreign Body Detection, Msk Applications, Evaluation of Bony Cortices for Rapid Fracture Diagnoses/post-reduction Bony Alignment, 
• Evaluation of the Eye for Ocular Emergencies, and Et Placement/verification)
• Nerve Blocks in the Ed (Forearm, Truncal, Femoral, and Selected Ankle Blocks)