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POCUS Abdominal Trauma Certificate Review - Online Course

POCUS Abdominal Trauma Certificate Review

 

POCUS Abdominal Trauma Certificate Review


POCUS Abdominal Trauma Certificate Review

  • All Modules based on POCUS Certification Academy Clinical Case Assessment (exam) content outline for the Abdominal Trauma Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) Certificate.
  • Includes 12 months UNLIMITED access to the online POCUS review course.
  • This online course is approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ upon successful completion.
  • Add on a private hands-on session or blended program with Gulfcoast Ultrasound Institute and get 3 additional months access to this online course.
  • POCUS Academy Preferred Education Provider (PEP)
  • Access the Online Review Course from your computer, tablet or phone. No lockouts, or hidden limitations after a certain amount of views.
  • A variety of learning components including: video lectures, case studies, scan demonstrations, course handouts, interactive components/quizzes, and more to improve knowledge and competence, improve your diagnostic skills, and prepare you to earn the Abdominal Trauma POCUS Certificate.
  • Group pricing is available for groups of 5 or more.
  • Add a Custom Onsite Hands-On Workshop for training consistency, time and cost effectiveness, with the highest quality ultrasound training in the industry.

Overview

POCUS Abdominal Trauma Certificate Review Online Course is specifically designed for any medical professional (Physician, Advanced Practice/Mid-level Provider, Sonographer, etc.) who has an interest in earning the POCUS Abdominal Trauma Certificate and integrating/performing point-of-care Abdominal Trauma ultrasound examinations in clinical practice. The POCUS Certificates and Certifications are NOT just for physicians!

  • The Online Review Course covers all concepts pertaining to the POCUS Abdominal Trauma Certificate Clinical Case Assessment and is designed to streamline the process of successfully earning your POCUS Abdominal Trauma Certificate:.
  • This self-directed course contains five (5) comprehensive modules comprised of online video lectures, case presentations, and post-activity quizzes in Gulfcoast Ultrasound Institute’s structured, easy to use online Learning Management System.
  • 12 months (365 days) of unlimited access is provided from the date of purchase, and 6.0 AMA PRA Category I Credits™ are optional for an additional CME processing fee.
  • This online review course will help reinforce a strong foundation to perform the core ultrasound applications as outlined in the ACEP, WINFOCUS, and ACR ultrasound practice guidelines and is taught by leading point of care ultrasound expert faculty.

If you want to earn your POCUS Abdominal Trauma Certificate and become one of the leaders in Point of Care Ultrasound, this Online Review Course will provide you the best value, knowledge base, and assessment review available anywhere!

Date of Original Release: 2/27/2023

This edition valid for credit through: 2/27/2026


  1 year/365 days of Unlimited Access from date of purchase. Expires on 4/27/2025 if purchased today.

Code: POC-AT231
ID: 6632

Topics

  • Sound Generation and Basic Principles
  • Transducers
  • System Controls & Image Quality
  • Imaging Artifacts
  • Doppler Principles
  • The Doppler Equation
  • Effects of Doppler Angle
  • Doppler Instrumentation: Pulsed Wave, Continuous Wave, color Doppler and Power Doppler
  • Doppler Applications in Point of Care Settings
  • Doppler/Color Controls and how to Optimize
  • Commonly Seen Doppler and Color Artifacts
  • Abdominal Scanning Fundamentals
  • Ultrasound in Trauma (E-FAST)
  • Lung Ultrasound (included with trauma ultrasound)
  • Cases in Trauma

Objectives

  • Outline the interaction of sound with soft-tissue and other mediums.
  • Demonstrate the relationship between system controls and image quality.
  • Select the appropriate type of transducer for each respective clinical application.
  • Identify different types of imaging artifacts.
  • Define Doppler ultrasound and list the different types of instrumentation.
  • State the indications for integrating Doppler ultrasound for POC applications.
  • List anatomical landmarks of the abdomen.
  • State transducer scan planes and relational anatomy.
  • Outline sectional anatomy of the abdomen.
  • Identify vasculature, organs and potential spaces.
  • Recognize the normal size, echogenicity and texture of the abdominal organs.
  • Increase the participants’ knowledge and competence to perform and/or interpret trauma ultrasound examinations.
  • State the imaging views and the ultrasound characteristics of the anatomy evaluated when performing trauma ultrasound.
  • Recognize ultrasound characteristics associated with hemoperitoneum, hemopericardium, hemothorax, and pneumothorax.
  • Perform ultrasound evaluation of pneumothorax.
  • Increase confidence to incorporate protocols, techniques, and interpretation criteria to improve diagnostic/treatment accuracy involving abdominal trauma patients.
  • Recognize free-fluid when performing the E-FAST exam.
  • Define the benefits and pitfalls of trauma ultrasound.
  • Evaluate for free intraperitoneal fluid, pericardial effusion, pleural effusion, and pneumothorax in a trauma patient.
  • Estimate central venous pressure using inferior vena cava measurements.
  • Demonstrate how to measure and evaluate an aortic aneurysm.
  • Increase confidence to incorporate protocols, techniques, and interpretation criteria to improve diagnostic/treatment accuracy involving abdominal trauma patients.

Price

Registration: $425.00

Audience

Physicians, PA’s, NP’s, sonographers and other medical professionals who will be involved with performing and/or interpreting abdominal trauma ultrasound examinations and/or preparing for the POCUS Abdominal Trauma Certificate Assessment. Physicians may include (but is not limited to) emergency medicine, critical care, trauma surgery, internal medicine, and primary care.

Faculty

GulfCoast Ultrasound Institute

Charlotte Derr  MD, RDMS, FACEP, FPD-AEMUS

Professor of Emergency Medicine
Fellowship Director of Advanced Emergency Medicine Ultrasound Fellowship Program
University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine
Tampa, FL
GUI QI Task Force Subcommittee
No relevant financial relationships to disclose.

GulfCoast Ultrasound Institute

Lori Green  BA, RDMS, RDCS, RVT

President, Program Director.
Gulfcoast Ultrasound Institute, Inc.
Saint Petersburg, FL.
No relevant financial relationships to disclose.

Content Validation
All presentations for this CME activity were reviewed and approved by members of the GUI CME Review Committee to determine content validity and to ensure that no conflicts of interest exist prior to the activity commencement or material compilation.

Disclosure of Individuals in Control of Content
In addition to the faculty listed the following individuals are recognized by GUI as being in control of content of this program:

James Mateer, MD, RDMS (Medical Director-planner, QI Task Force Subcommittee)
Medical Director, Gulfcoast Ultrasound Institute
No relevant financial relationships to disclose.

Charlotte Derr, MD, RDMS, FACEP (Co-Medical Director-planner, QI Task Force Subcommittee)
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine &
Fellowship Director of Emergency Medicine
Ultrasound Fellowship Program
University of South Florida Medical School
Tampa, FL.
No relevant financial relationships to disclose

Andreas Dewitz, MD, RDMS(Member of Advisory Board, QI Task Force Subcommittee)
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine
Vice Chair of Ultrasound Education
Boston Medical Center Boston, MA
No relevant financial relationships to disclose

Lori Green, BA, RT, RDMS, RDCS, RVT (Program Director-planner, Content Reviewer, QI Task Force Subcommittee)
President, Gulfcoast Ultrasound Institute, Inc.
No relevant financial relationships to disclose

Trisha Reo, AAS, RDMS, RVT (Program Coordinator - planner, Content Reviewer, QI Task Force Subcommittee)
Gulfcoast Ultrasound Institute, Inc.
No relevant financial relationships to disclose


Disclosure of Commercial Support
There was no commercial support involved in the planning, development/implementation of this activity.


Credits (Optional with additional purchase)

The Gulfcoast Ultrasound Institute is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.


The Gulfcoast Ultrasound Institute designates this internet activity enduring material for a maximum of 6.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

This course also meets CME/CEU requirements for ARDMS. Note: While offering the CME credit hours noted above, activities are not intended to provide extensive training or certification for exam performance or interpretation.

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