Learn critical care ultrasound and echocardiography from leaders in the field! Join us for the Critical Care Ultrasound and Echocardiography Conference at the premier tertiary medical campus in the Intermountain West, Intermountain Medical Center in Murray, Utah.
Don’t hesitate to explore the many things Utah has to offer like the skiing in the Greatest Snow on Earth and the Sundance Film Festival (Jan. 24 - Feb. 3) in Park City.
Purpose
This two-day course will provide intensivists, hospitalists, and emergency medicine physicians with a fundamental knowledge base in the application of basic transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography and ultrasound to critically ill patients. You will be taught skills in operating bedside ultrasound systems for basic cardiac, lung, and abdominal ultrasound as well as the use of ultrasound for procedural guidance, with hands-on training with live models and TEE simulators.This course covers much of the content covered by the upcoming national-level certification test in advanced critical care echocardiography from the National Board of Echocardiography.
Target Audience
Physicians who evaluate and treat critically ill patients in the emergency department, intensive care unit, or operating room. This would include emergency medicine physicians and critical care physicians from the specialties of medicine, surgery, anesthesia, and pediatrics.
Objectives
- Describe the physics of ultrasound pertinent to operating a critical care ultrasound machine and use the appropriate probe and settings to obtain desired images
- Illustrate how to use ultrasound for guidance for internal jugular and subclavian vein catheterization
- Obtain and interpret basic echocardiographic images using the Focused Assessed Transthoracic Echocardiography (FATE) exam
- Discuss the echocardiographic findings in the evaluation of a patient in shock that provide guidance for diagnosis and treatment
- Review how to obtain lung ultrasound images and the findings specific to pulmonary edema, pneumothorax, and pleural effusion
Accreditation
Accreditation: This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of Primary Children’s Hospital, the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Utah School of Medicine, and Intermountain Healthcare. Primary Children’s Hospital is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Designation: Primary Children’s Hospital designates this live educational activity for a maximum of 11.50* AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Faculty Disclosure: Primary Children’s Hospital adheres to ACCME Standards regarding industry support of continuing medical education and disclosure of faculty and commercial sponsor relationships (if any) will be made known at the activity.
ADA: Primary Children’s Hospital fully complies with the legal requirements of the ADA and the rules and regulations thereof. If any participant of this program is in need of accommodation, please do not hesitate to call and/or write to the IPCE office at 801-442-3930 or ipce@imail.org in order to receive service.
*NOTICE: Faculty, topics, program schedule and credit hours are subject to change.
