GULFCOAST Focused Echocardiography 2020 (CME VIDEOS)

OBJECTIVES:
-Increase the participant’s knowledge to better perform and/or interpret Focused Echocardiography examinations.
-Demonstrate proper transducer manipulation and system optimization to produce diagnostic images and recognize potential imaging errors.
-Identify normal/abnormal characteristics of 2D cardiac anatomy and state the role of cardiac Doppler and list the necessary qualitative/quantitative measurements.
-Identify the ultrasound findings associated with cardiomyopathies, ischemic heart disease, pericardial disease and shock & hypotension.
-Document findings and apply standardized guidelines during compilation of an Echocardiography worksheet (sonographer) and dictated report (physician).
TOPICS:
-Imaging Fundamentals for Echocardiography
-Anatomy of the Heart and EKG
-The 2D Evaluation of Cardiac Anatomy
-Introduction to Cardiac Doppler Ultrasound – Two Parts
-2-D, Color and Doppler Echocardiography Protocol
-Live Demo 2D and Color Flow Doppler
-Pericardial Disease
-Ultrasound Evaluation of Heart Failure
-Echocardiographic Evaluation of Coronary Artery Disease
-Focused Cardiac Ultrasound: Differential Diagnosis of Shock in Trauma
-Case Studies