Gulfcoast Pediatric Emergency and Critical Care Ultrasound 2019 (CME VIDEOS)

OBJECTIVES

– Demonstrate the participant’s knowledge to better perform and/or interpret pediatric emergency and critical care ultrasound examinations.
– State the basic fundamentals of ultrasound physics and demonstrate appropriate optimization of system controls.
– Identify normal imaging characteristics of the pediatric urinary tract and recognize commonly seen pathology associated with renal disease and the GI tract in infants and children.
– Demonstrate protocols for evaluation of the trauma patient (FAST).
– Demonstrate ultrasound protocols for evaluation of pneumothorax, pneumonia and endotracheal tube placement.
– Recognize the benefits of Ultrasound-Guided Procedures such as vascular access and lumbar puncture.
– Perform a focused cardiac ultrasound examination on a pediatric patient.
– State the benefits of soft-tissue and MSK ultrasound in the pediatric patient.
– Demonstrate a focused two-point venous evaluation for DVT.
– Perform testicular ultrasound and recognize commonly seen abnormalities.
– Demonstrate confidence to incorporate protocols, techniques and interpretation criteria to improve diagnostic/treatment accuracy.

TOPICS : 
– Imaging Fundamentals: The Basics
– The Pediatric E-FAST Exam
– Pediatric Genitourinary System
– Pediatric Gastrointestinal Tract
– Pediatric Abdominal Case Studies
– Advanced Thoracic Applications
– Focused Cardiac Assessment of the Pediatric Patient
– Shock and Hypotension: RUSH protocol
– Ultrasound-Guided Procedures
– Soft-Tissue and MSK Applications in the Pediatric Patient
– Ultrasound Evaluation of the Scrotum/Testicular
– Ultrasound Evaluation of DVT
– Pediatric Head & Neck

Date of Original Release: 8/1/2019