Point of Care Ultrasound Training

Description

Cardiac Ultrasound (Echo) Identify the four chambers of the heart: Right atrium, right ventricle, left atrium, and left ventricle.Assess basic cardiac function: Evaluate overall contractility and look for obvious wall motion abnormalities.Detect pericardial effusion: Identify any abnormal fluid collection around the heart.Assess the Inferior Vena Cava (IVC): Evaluate its size and respiratory variation to estimate central venous pressure and fluid status.Identify major valves: Visualize the mitral, tricuspid, aortic, and pulmonic valves. FAST (Focused Assessment with Sonography for Trauma) Ultrasound Identify free fluid in the abdomen: Specifically in the Morison's pouch (right upper quadrant), splenorenal recess (left upper quadrant), and pelvis (pouch of Douglas in females, rectovesical pouch in males). Detect pericardial effusion: Assess for fluid around the heart in the subxiphoidview. (Extended FAST - EFAST): Identify pneumothorax: Look for the presence or absence of lung sliding. Identify hemothorax: Detect fluid in the pleural space. Lung Ultrasound Identify normal lung patterns: Recognize A-lines (horizontal reverberation artifacts).Detect signs of interstitial syndrome/pulmonary edema: Identify B-lines (vertical comet-tail artifacts).Identify pleural effusion: Visualize fluid collection in the pleural space.Detect lung consolidation: Recognize tissue-like appearance in the lung parenchyma. Identify signs of pneumothorax: Look for absence of lung sliding, presence of a lung point.

Objectives

Presenters

1. Dr. Romeo Wahome
   
   Global Ultrasound Institute Instructor