Abdominal and Primary Care Ultrasound Course

Abdominal and Primary Care Ultrasound Course is organized by Gulfcoast Ultrasound Institute (GCUS) Inc.

Date of Original Release: 4/1/2022
This Edition Valid for Credit Through: 4/1/2025
1 year/365 days of Unlimited Access from the date of purchase. Expires on 07/28/2026 if purchased today.

Overview:
The Abdominal and Primary Care Ultrasound Online Course provides participants a strong foundation to perform the core general ultrasound applications as outlined in the AIUM ultrasound practice guidelines as well as trauma, soft tissue and MSK applications, and ultrasound-guided procedures for emergency medicine applications as outlined in the ACEP and AAFP ultrasound guidelines. This online course is taught by leading ultrasound expert physicians and sonographers to provide the perfect balance of physicians' clinical experience and sonographer's expertise.

Objectives:

• Demonstrate the participant’s knowledge to better perform and/or interpret abdominal ultrasound examinations.
• Demonstrate proper transducer manipulation and system optimization to produce diagnostic images.
• Perform scan protocols and routine measurements that are utilized during an abdominal ultrasound evaluation.
• Identify normal/abnormal imaging characteristics of the liver, gallbladder, pancreas, spleen, kidneys, and abdominal vasculature.
• Cite Doppler/color physics principles and able to apply these principles to optimize system controls or utilize this information for identifying technical errors which may result in misdiagnosis.
• Demonstrate routine examination protocols associated with the ultrasound evaluation of renal artery stenosis.
• Differentiate normal/abnormal characteristics for the evaluation of the thyroid, testes/scrotum, and appendix.
• Perform an ultrasound evaluation of the trauma patient.
• Demonstrate the use of ultrasound for the evaluation of soft-tissue pathology.
• Demonstrate competence to incorporate protocols, scan techniques, and interpretation criteria to improve diagnostic/treatment accuracy.

Course Topics: 

• Imaging Fundamentals: The Basics
• Abdominal Sonography Anatomy and Scan Fundamentals
• Ultrasound Evaluation of the Abdominal Aorta
• Ultrasound Evaluation of Liver, Gallbladder, Biliary Tree, Pancreas, Urinary Tract, Spleen, Scrotum & Thyroid – Anatomy, Scan Technique & Pathology
• The EFAST Exam
• Emergency Medicine Ultrasound-Guided Procedures & Soft Tissue/MSK Applications including Foreign Body Localization & Removal, Fracture Evaluation, Shoulder Evaluation, Tendon Injury/Rupture, Abscess Localization & Drainage, Joint Effusion & Arthrocentesis, Ocular Ultrasound, and U/S Guided Lumbar Puncture
• Ultrasound Evaluation of the Appendix and GI Tract
• Abdominal Case Studies