Critical care Ultrasonography
Ability to perform serial bedside limited ultrasound examinations is very important to diagnose critically ill patients and answer specific imperative lifesaving questions. Critical care ultrasonography (CCUS) is an extension of traditional physical examination by allowing the intensivist to visualize the anatomy and function of various organ systems in real time.
With the help of CCUS, clinicians can perform repeated
focussed examinations, without the need to transfer to radiology suite and
without additional exposure to radiation. General CCUS incorporates competency
in pleural, lung, abdominal and vascular ultrasonography.
CCUS can function as
a valuable adjunct to physical examination for evaluation of critically ill
patients, which can be one of the most challenging issues in daily practice. It
can be an asset in resource-limited settings where the diagnostic imaging
modalities are often constrained and frequently limited to plain film
radiography.
- Cardiac evaluation – basic left and right ventricular evaluation, tamponade and pericardial effusion evaluation
- Lung evaluation – seven basic principles and ten signs of lung ultrasound, BLUE protocol, probe selection
- Abdominal and retroperitoneal evaluation- ultrasound findings, probe selection and technique
- The Fast Protocol- guidelines, benefits, steps and uses
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- Improve your knowledge and skills
- This course will help you in CCUS evaluation of the heart, lung, abdomen and retroperitoneal area
- It will help you decide of which probe to use and the basic principles to be followed
- It will teach you the FAST Protocol
- Emergency medicine physicians/specialists
- General Physicians
- Residents
- Post-Graduate Students
Participant should have an MBBS degree