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Day 1
General critical care ultrasound | |
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| Didactic lectures (2 hours) | |
| (i) General ultrasound principles (30 minutes) | |
| (ii) Abdominal vasculature (30 minutes) | |
| (iii) Hepatobiliary/renal (30 minutes) | |
| (iv) FAST scan (30 minutes) | |
| Live demonstration (15 minutes) | |
| Abdominal vasculature, hepatobiliary, renal, FAST scan | |
| Hands-on rotation on live model (60 minutes) | |
| Abdominal vasculature, hepatobiliary, renal, FAST scan | |
| Pathologic ultrasound simulator cases (60 minutes) | |
| (i) Case : ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm | |
| (ii) Case : fluid overload: noncollapsible inferior vena cava | |
| (iii) Case : abnormal FAST scan: positive intra-abdominal free fluid | |
| (iv) Case : cholecystitis: thickened gallbladder wall | |
| (v) Case : ascites and renal calculi | |
| Lunch break (30 minutes) | |
| Didactic lectures (2 hours) | |
| (i) Pulmonary ultrasound (60 minutes) | |
| (ii) Deep vein thrombosis (30 minutes) | |
| (iii) Vascular access (30 minutes) | |
| Live demonstration (15 minutes) | |
| Pulmonary, deep vein thrombosis, vascular access | |
| Hands-on rotation on live model (60 minutes) | |
| Pulmonary, deep vein thrombosis, vascular access | |
| Pathologic ultrasound simulator cases (60 minutes) | |
| (i) Case : right pneumothorax: absence of lung sliding | |
| (ii) Case : right pleural effusion | |
| (iii) Case : pulmonary edema: diffuse B-lines | |
| (iv) Case : right lower extremity DVT: noncompressible vein | |
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Day 2
Basic critical care echocardiography | |
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| Didactic lectures (1.5 hours) | |
| (i) Echocardiography: technique and standard views (45 minutes) | |
| (ii) Common echocardiography applications (45 minutes) | |
| Live demonstration (30 minutes) | |
| Demonstration of standard echocardiography views | |
| Hands-on rotation on live model (60 minutes) | |
| Practice obtaining standard echocardiography views | |
| Pathologic ultrasound simulator cases (60 minutes) | |
| (i) Case : pericardial effusion with no tamponade | |
| (ii) Case : depressed left ventricular ejection fraction | |
| (iii) Case : right ventricular strain | |
| (iv) Case : pericardial effusion with tamponade | |
| Lunch break (30 minutes) | |
| Didactic lectures (1.5 hours) | |
| (i) Valvular applications (30 minutes) | |
| (ii) Hemodynamics (30 minutes) | |
| (iii) Advanced applications and limitations (30 minutes) | |
| Live demonstration (30 minutes) | |
| Hemodynamics and valvular applications | |
| Hands-on rotation on live model (60 minutes) | |
| Hemodynamics: cardiac output and ejection fraction assessment | |
| Hands-on rotation on live model (60 minutes) | |
| Valvular applications with use of Doppler (color, pulsed, continuous) | |
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