Saturday, July 20, 2019, 8:00 AM - Sunday, July 21, 2019, 4:00 PM, VCU Center for Human Simulation and Patient Safety, McGlothlin Medical Education Center, 9th Floor, Richmond, VA

Anesthesiology, Critical Care Medicine, Emergency Medicine, Family Practice, General Practice, Hematology, Hospitalist, Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease, Geriatric Medicine, Nurse Practitioner, Infectious Diseases, Nephrology

Workshop Overview
The “essentials of critical care ultrasound” workshop is a unique hands-on experience that exposes learners to the application of ultrasound for the rapid assessment of the critically ill patient.  Guided by experienced faculty, hands-on sessions on live models will focus on the pearls and pitfalls of image acquisition and interpretation as well as the basics of ultrasound-guided procedures. The hands-on sessions will be complemented by didactic lectures to improve the participants' knowledge of the indications, technical skills, and limitations of bedside ultrasound.

What can you expect to learn?

• Fundamentals of ultrasound technology and basic operation of a portable ultrasound machine.
• Techniques to perform bedside procedures with ultrasound guidance including thoracentesis and central venous catheterization.
• Techniques to perform focused diagnostic ultrasound examinations at the bedside, including imaging of the heart, lungs, abdominal organs and lower extremity vessels.
• Pearls and pitfalls of bedside ultrasound imaging.
• Practice interpretation of normal and abnormal ultrasound images.
  

1. Develop baseline understanding of point of care ultrasound
2. Acquire knowledge of basic ultrasound physics
3. Learn basics of ultrasound machine controls, operation and probe selection
4. Demonstrate knowledge of normal and abnormal ultrasound findings
5. Demonstrate ability to acquire ultrasound images with standard views
6. Learn to identify and interpret ultrasound images
7. Learn technical and interpretive limitations of ultrasound

Select the register tab above to complete your online registration.

Fees
$700 Non-VCU Healthcare Providers
$600  VCU and VCU Health Employees
Fees include educational materials, credit, and lunch. 

VCU Health Continuing Medical Education is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

VCU Health Continuing Medical Education designates this live activity for a maximum of 14 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

VCU Health Continuing Medical Education awards 14 hours of participation (equivalent to AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™) to each non-physician participant who successfully completes this educational activity.

Refund Policy
Registration fee, less a $60 non-refundable administrative fee, will be refunded only if written notice of cancellation is received via email to cmeinfo@vcuhealth.org on or before July 5, 2019. No refunds after this date.

Disclaimers 
Minimum and maximum numbers for attendance at this event have been established, and we reserve the right to substitute speakers/topics, or cancel if necessary.

By attending this event you grant VCU Health CME the right at the Event to record, film, photograph, or capture your likeness in any media and to distribute, broadcast, use, or otherwise disseminate, in perpetuity, such media without any further approval from or any payment to you.  

General Point of Care Ultrasound Bootcamp Faculty