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Introduction to Critical Care Ultrasound - Online Course

Introduction to Critical Care Ultrasound

 

Introduction to Critical Care Ultrasound


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Introduction to Critical Care Ultrasound

  • 12 months UNLIMITED access from your computer, tablet or phone. No lockouts, or hidden limitations after a certain amount of views.
  • Follows recently updated ACEP ultrasound practice guidelines.
  • A variety of learning components including: video lectures, scan demonstrations, course handouts, interactive components/quizzes, and more to improve diagnostic accuracy.
  • This online course is approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ upon successful completion.
  • All online courses cover the same topics as our comprehensive live courses. Add a Hands-On Workshop (Not Valid for Registry Reviews) and receive 3 additional months of access. See our Blended Course Learning Format for more details.
  • Group pricing is available for groups of 5 or more (Not Valid for Registry Reviews). Add a Custom Onsite Hands-On Workshop for training consistency, time and cost effectiveness, with the highest quality ultrasound training in the industry.
  • Private Hands-On Workshops are also available for the learner who prefers the 1-1 learning format. Receive 3 additional months of unlimited online access (Not Valid for Registry Reviews) with a Private Hands-On Course. See our Private Hands-On Course Learning Format for more details.

Overview

Introduction to Critical Care Ultrasound Online Course is intended for medical professionals with a need to perform point of care ultrasound (POCUS) examinations, specifically, in the critical care setting. This structured online course, provides a comprehensive review of critical care ultrasound topics taught by expert faculty. Hosted within the GCUS learning management system, this course features fourteen (14) modules with video lectures, case studies, interactive quizzes, recommended readings, and more.

Enrollment is valid for 12 months (365 days) and begins the moment the participant is enrolled. Extend your online course access another 3 months with the addition of an onsite hands-on workshop or registration for a regularly scheduled GCUS scan workshop.


Date of Original Release: 10/17/2024

This edition valid for credit through: 10/17/2027


  1 year/365 days of Unlimited Access from date of purchase. Expires on 11/21/2025 if purchased today.

Code: OC-CCU241
ID: 7576

Topics

  • Imaging Fundamentals: The Basics
  • Abdominal Scanning Fundamentals
  • Fast + e-Fast
  • Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm and Case Studies
  • Ultrasound-Guided Central and Peripheral Vascular Access
  • Focused Cardiac Ultrasound
  • US-Guided Procedures: Pericardiocentesis, Thoracentesis, Paracentesis, and Lumbar Puncture
  • Point of Care Ultrasound Evaluation of Biliary and Renal Colic
  • Rapid Ultrasound for Shock and Hypotension
  • Ultrasound Assessment for DVT
  • Ocular, Airway, & Thoracic Ultrasound: Ocular US, ET Verification, USG Cricothyrotomy, and Alveolar/Interstitial Syndromes
  • ABC’s: Sonography in Shock and Sepsis
  • Soft Tissue and Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Applications: Cellulitis, Abscess & Cutaneous Masses, Joint Effusion & Aspiration, Tendon Injury, Foreign Body Detection & Removal, and Fracture Assessment & Reduction
  • Interactive Emergency Medicine and Critical Care Ultrasound Cases

Objectives

  • Increase the participant’s knowledge to better perform and/or interpret emergency medicine and critical care ultrasound examinations.
  • Increase competence to incorporate protocols, scan techniques, and interpretation criteria into clinical practice
  • State the basic fundamentals of ultrasound physics and demonstrate appropriate optimization for system controls.
  • Describe scan protocols for focused evaluation of the trauma patient (E-FAST exam), pneumothorax, abdomen, aorta/IVC, DVT, ocular & airway/thoracic, soft tissue and musculoskeletal applications, and adult heart.
  • State an algorithm for uses of bedside ultrasound during cardiac arrest, sepsis, shock, and hypotension.
  • Describe image orientation, transducer preparation, and scan protocols for performing use of ultrasound guidance for central & peripheral vascular access, pericardiocentesis, paracentesis, thoracentesis, hemothorax, lumbar puncture, and joint aspiration.
  • Identify sonographic characteristics associated with abdominal sepsis involving the hepatobiliary, renal, and GI systems.

Tuition

Registration: $695.00

(12 Months Unlimited Access)


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Audience

Physicians, mid-level providers and any other medical professional involved with performing point of care/critical care ultrasound examinations. Participant practice specialties may include (but are not limited to): Critical Care, Hospitalist, Emergency Medicine, Primary Care, Internal Medicine, and Trauma surgery.

Faculty

GulfCoast Ultrasound Institute

James Mateer  MD, RDMS

Clinical Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine.
Medical College of Wisconsin.
Milwaukee, WI.
No relevant financial relationships to disclose.

GulfCoast Ultrasound Institute

Andrew Laudenbach  MD

Hennepin Healthcare
Minneapolis, Minnesota
No relevant financial relationships to disclose.

GulfCoast Ultrasound Institute

Bret P. Nelson  MD, RDMS, FACEP

Director, Emergency Medicine Residency Program.
Department of Emergency Medicine.
Mount Sinai School of Medicine.
Brooklyn, New York.
GUI QI Task Force Subcommittee
No relevant financial relationships to disclose.

GulfCoast Ultrasound Institute

Lori Green  BA, RDMS, RDCS, RVT

President, Program Director.
Gulfcoast Ultrasound Institute, Inc.
Saint Petersburg, FL.
No relevant financial relationships to disclose.

GulfCoast Ultrasound Institute

Trisha Reo  AAS, RDMS, RVT

Program Coordinator
Gulfcoast Ultrasound Institute, Inc.
Saint Petersburg, FL.
No relevant financial relationships to disclose.

Content Validation
All presentations for this CME activity were reviewed and approved by members of the GUI CME Review Committee to determine content validity and to ensure that no conflicts of interest exist prior to the activity commencement or material compilation.

Disclosure of Individuals in Control of Content
In addition to the faculty listed the following individuals are recognized by GUI as being in control of content of this program:

James Mateer, MD, RDMS (Medical Director - planner, QI Task Force)
Gulfcoast Ultrasound Institute
Milwaukee, WI
No relevant financial relationships to disclose.

Charlotte Derr, MD, RDMS, FACEP, FPD-AEMUS (Co-Medical Director - planner, QI Task Force)
Professor of Emergency Medicine
Fellowship Director of Advanced Emergency Medicine Ultrasound Fellowship Program
University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine
Tampa, FL
No relevant financial relationships to disclose

Andreas Dewitz, MD, RDMS (Member of Advisory Board & QI Task Force Subcommittee)
Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine
Clinical Director of POCUS Education, Solomont Simulation Center
Department of Emergency Medicine Boston Medical Center
Boston, MA.
No relevant financial relationships to disclose

Lori Green, BA, RDMS, RDCS, RVT (Program Director - planner, Content Reviewer, QI Task Force)
Program Director and President,
Gulfcoast Ultrasound Institute, Inc.
St Petersburg, FL.
No relevant financial relationships to disclose

Trisha Reo, AAS, RDMS, RVT (Program Coordinator - planner, Content Reviewer, QI Task Force)
Gulfcoast Ultrasound Institute, Inc.
St Petersburg, FL.
No relevant financial relationships to disclose

Mark Swanson, RDMS, RVT (Senior Clinical/ Product Specialist - planner, Content Reviewer, QI Task Force)
Gulfcoast Ultrasound Institute, Inc.
St Petersburg, FL.
No relevant financial relationships to disclose


Disclosure of Commercial Support
There was no commercial support involved in the planning, development/implementation of this activity.


Credits (Optional with additional purchase)

The Gulfcoast Ultrasound Institute is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.


The Gulfcoast Ultrasound Institute designates this enduring material for a maximum of 15.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

This course also meets CME/CEU requirements for ARDMS. Note: While offering the CME credit hours noted above, activities are not intended to provide extensive training or certification for exam performance or interpretation.

Resources

39 YEARS

Serving the Medical Community

180,000+

Participants Trained

500,000+

CME Credits Awarded

6,000+

Courses Offered

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