GULFCOAST Focused Echocardiography 2020

GULFCOAST Focused Echocardiography 2020

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:

1. -Imaging Fundamentals for Echocardiography
2. -Anatomy of the Heart and EKG
3. -The 2D Evaluation of Cardiac Anatomy
4. -Introduction to Cardiac Doppler Ultrasound – Two Parts
5. -2-D, Color and Doppler Echocardiography Protocol
6. -Live Demo 2D and Color Flow Doppler
7. -Pericardial Disease
8. -Ultrasound Evaluation of Heart Failure
9. -Echocardiographic Evaluation of Coronary Artery Disease
10. -Focused Cardiac Ultrasound: Differential Diagnosis of Shock in Trauma
11. -Case Studies