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Introduction to Emergency Medicine Ultrasound - Live Course

BONUS: EVERY COURSE PARTICIPANT WILL RECIEVE 30 DAYS COMPLIMENTARY ACCESS TO THE CORRESPONDING ONLINE COURSE AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE LIVE COURSE TO HELP REINFORCE THE INFORMATION LEARNED! WANT MORE TIME? YOU WILL HAVE UP TO 3 MONTHS AFTER THE COURSE ENDS TO PURCHASE THE ONLINE COURSE AT A 25% DISCOUNT!

Introduction to Emergency Medicine Ultrasound

Dates: February 16 - 18, 2026

 

Introduction to Emergency Medicine Ultrasound

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Introduction to Emergency Medicine Ultrasound

Dates: February 16 - 18, 2026

  • BONUS: EVERY COURSE PARTICIPANT WILL RECIEVE 30 DAYS COMPLIMENTARY ACCESS TO THE CORRESPONDING ONLINE COURSE AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE LIVE COURSE TO HELP REINFORCE THE INFORMATION LEARNED! WANT MORE TIME? YOU WILL HAVE UP TO 3 MONTHS AFTER THE COURSE ENDS TO PURCHASE THE ONLINE COURSE AT A 25% DISCOUNT!
  • Most comprehensive Introductory Emergency Medicine Ultrasound course featuring expert faculty, interactive case presentation, and extensive 3:1 participant to faculty ratio hands-on skills training with standardized patient models
  • All topics based on current ACEP and ACGME ultrasound practice guidelines
  • Includes popular topics including focused cardiac, soft tissue and MSK applications, rapid ultrasound for shock and hypotension, ocular, thoracic, and ultrasound-guided procedures (see topics section for more details)
  • POCUS Certification Academy Preferred Education Provider– All GCUS participants receive 40% off Fundamentals Certificate and 20% off ANY POCUS Clinical Certificates (discount code provided during course)
  • Lifetime access to digital course materials
  • Destination education in sunny St. Petersburg, Florida

Overview

The Introduction to Emergency Medicine Ultrasound Live Training Course provides participants a strong foundation to perform the core emergency medicine ultrasound applications as outlined in the most recent ACEP ultrasound practice guidelines.

This course is taught by leading emergency medicine ultrasound experts and incorporates comprehensive lectures, interactive case presentations, and extensive hands-on scanning sessions. All hands-on scanning sessions feature a 3:1 participant to expert faculty ratio with standardized patient models and inanimate phantoms for improved competence to immediately integrate the skills learned into clinical practice. Each participant also receives scanning checklists for reference purposes and a case log of exams performed to apply towards hospital credentialing if needed.

For the most comprehensive Emergency Medicine Ultrasound education, combine the introductory level course with the Advanced Emergency Medicine or Advanced Critical Care Ultrasound program to augment scanning skills and expand diagnostic/interventional services and improve patient safety and satisfaction. A combined tuition discount is offered along with cost-savings associated with travel expenses.

Code: ER-261
ID: 7954

Schedule

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Topics

  • Imaging Fundamentals (pre-course online video)
  • Abdominal Scan Fundamentals (pre-course online video)
  • Extended Focused Assessment with Sonography in Trauma (E-FAST)
  • Ultrasound Evaluation of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm & Case Studies
  • Point-of-Care Ultrasound Evaluation of Biliary & Renal Colic
  • Ultrasound Guided Central & Peripheral Vascular Access
  • Focused 2D Cardiac Ultrasound
  • US Guided Procedures: Pericardiocentesis, Thoracentesis, Paracentesis, and Lumbar Puncture
  • Rapid Ultrasound for Shock & Hypotension
  • Ultrasound Assessment for DVT
  • Soft Tissue & Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Applications: Cellulitis, Abscess & Cutaneous Masses, Joint Effusion & Aspiration, Tendon Injury, Foreign Body Detection & Removal, and Fracture Assessment & Reduction
  • Ocular, Airway, & Thoracic Ultrasound: Ocular US, ET Verification, USG Cricothyrotomy, and Alveolar/Interstitial Syndromes
  • Interactive Emergency Medicine & Critical Care Ultrasound Case Studies
  • ABC’s - Sonography in Sepsis with Case Studies: Pneumonia, Renal Sepsis, Peritonitis/Abscess, Biliary Sepsis, Acute Appendicitis, and Bowel Obstruction
  • Gyn Anatomy & Scan Protocols
  • Ultrasound Evaluation of Intrauterine & Ectopic Pregnancy

Objectives

  • Increase the participant’s knowledge to better perform and/or interpret emergency medicine and critical care ultrasound examinations.
  • Increase competence to incorporate protocols, scan techniques, and interpretation criteria into clinical practice
  • State the basic fundamentals of ultrasound physics and demonstrate appropriate optimization for system controls.
  • Demonstrate scan protocols for focused evaluation of the trauma patient (E-FAST exam), pneumothorax, abdomen, aorta/IVC, DVT, ocular & airway/thoracic, soft tissue and musculoskeletal applications, adult heart, and female pelvis.
  • State an algorithm for uses of bedside ultrasound during cardiac arrest, sepsis, shock, and hypotension.
  • Demonstrate image orientation, transducer preparation, and scan protocols for performing use of ultrasound guidance for central & peripheral vascular access, pericardiocentesis, paracentesis, thoracentesis, hemothorax, lumbar puncture, and joint aspiration.
  • Differentiate normal/abnormal image characteristics of the abdomen, female pelvis, first trimester OB, and ectopic pregnancy.
  • Identify sonographic characteristics associated with abdominal sepsis involving the hepatobiliary, renal, and GI systems.

Tuition

Advanced Registration: $2,795.00

Regular Registration: $2,995.00

Late Registration: $3,195.00

Current Registration Period: Advanced

Advanced Registration
Regular Registration
Late Registration
Closed

Daily continental breakfast and afternoon snack will also be provided during Hands-On Workshops.

The Advanced Registration Tuition is applied to registration submitted and paid/postmarked more than 30 days in advance of the course.

The Regular Registration Tuition is applied to registrations submitted between 15-30 days in advance of the course.

The Late Registration Tuition is strictly enforced and is applied to ALL registrations submitted within two weeks (14 days) of the start of the course.

The GCUS CME-Z Lifetime Discount will be activated in your account upon course registration.(A $9.95 Value) This discount gives you 5% off at checkout on all future purchases of Any Two Gulfcoast Ultrasound Institute Produced Educational Products. The discount increases to 10% when you purchase 3 or more at checkout.
*Products have to be purchased at the same time to receive CME-Z Lifetime Discount. Discount does not include course packs or registry review packages.

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Audience

This hands-on emergency medicine ultrasound course is intended for any medical professional involved with performing ultrasound examinations in an emergency setting. Physician participants may include, but are not limited to: emergency and critical care physicians, surgeons, hospitalists, primary care, internal medicine, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, sonographers, internal medicine physicians, and any other point of care medical professionals.

Faculty

GulfCoast Ultrasound Institute

James Mateer  MD, RDMS

Clinical Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine.
Medical College of Wisconsin.
Milwaukee, WI.
No relevant financial relationships to disclose.

GulfCoast Ultrasound Institute

Andrew Laudenbach  MD

Hennepin Healthcare
Minneapolis, Minnesota
No relevant financial relationships to disclose.

GulfCoast Ultrasound Institute

Bret P. Nelson  MD, RDMS, FACEP

Director, Emergency Medicine Residency Program.
Department of Emergency Medicine.
Mount Sinai School of Medicine.
Brooklyn, New York.
GUI QI Task Force Subcommittee
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)
Gulfcoast Ultrasound Institute
Milwaukee, WI
No relevant financial relationships to disclose.

Charlotte Derr, MD, RDMS, FACEP, FPD-AEMUS (Co-Medical Director - planner, QI Task Force)
Professor of Emergency Medicine
Fellowship Director of Advanced Emergency Medicine Ultrasound Fellowship Program
University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine
Tampa, FL
No relevant financial relationships to disclose

Andreas Dewitz, MD, RDMS (Member of Advisory Board & QI Task Force Subcommittee)
Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine
Clinical Director of POCUS Education, Solomont Simulation Center
Department of Emergency Medicine Boston Medical Center
Boston, MA.
No relevant financial relationships to disclose

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

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

Mark Swanson, RDMS, RVT (Senior Clinical/ Product Specialist - planner, Content Reviewer, QI Task Force)
Gulfcoast Ultrasound Institute, Inc.
St Petersburg, FL.
No relevant financial relationships to disclose


Credits

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 live activity for a maximum of 24.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 24.00 Medical Knowledge MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

Approved by the American College of Emergency Physicians for a maximum of 24.00 hour(s) of ACEP Category I credit(s).

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.

Ultrasound Imaging Fundamentals: The Basics - Online Video

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 enduring material for a maximum of 1.25 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.

Abdominal Scanning Fundamentals - Online Video

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 enduring material for a maximum of 1.00 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.

Travel and Lodging

Special discounted room rates are available at most of the listed properties when booked through us/using our links. Although there are a number of other hotels in the area, we have inspected these sites and can recommend them. Please book in advance for best availability and rates. Since we are located in a resort area, demand for rooms can be high during certain times of the year.

GUI Preferred Hotel & Rates
(6 min walk to Gulfcoast Ultrasound Institute)
Click, Scan QR, or Call (727)363-4500 for discounted Rates
Book Here

Hilton St. Petersburg Bayfront
333 1st St. S | St. Petersburg, FL 33701
727-894-5000

GUI Preferred Hotel & Rates
(5 min walk to Gulfcoast Ultrasound Institute)
Click or Call (727)363-4500 for discounted Rates
Book Here

Hyatt Place St. Petersburg Downtown
25 2nd St. N | St. Petersburg, FL 33701
727-202-2506 | Discount Code: 101181

(5 min walk to Gulfcoast Ultrasound Institute)
Click or Call (727)363-4500 for discounted Rates
Book Here

Hampton Inn & Suites St. Petersburg Downtown
80 Beach Dr. NE | St. Petersburg, FL 33701
727-220-0950 | Discount Code: 0003142034

(5 min walk to Gulfcoast Ultrasound Institute)
Click or Call (727)363-4500 for discounted Rates
Book Here

AC Hotel St. Petersburg Downtown
110 2nd St. N | St. Petersburg, Florida 33701
727-864-0001 | Discount Code: IG1

(8 min walk to Gulfcoast Ultrasound Institute)
Click or Call (727)363-4500 for discounted Rates
Book Here

Courtyard St. Petersburg Downtown
300 4th St. N | St. Petersburg, Florida 33701
727-450-6200

(10 min walk to Gulfcoast Ultrasound Institute)
Call The hotel and ask for Gulfcoast Ultrasound Institute discounted Rates

Hollander Hotel St. Petersburg Downtown
421 4th Ave. N | St. Petersburg, FL 33701
727-873-7900 | *Can be loud on weekends

There are a number of smaller independent downtown or beachfront hotel properties in the immediate area. While we do not have any discounted rates at any beachfront hotels, We do recommend hotels on St. Pete Beach (15 min drive). Recommended properties include: Tradewinds resorts, Sirata Beach Resort, and the Don Cesar (as higher end properties). Treasure Island and Madeira Beach also offer some great properties however, are a bit further drive. (20-30min from Gulfcoast Ultrasound Institute)  

In addition to our safe, sparkling beaches, we are located within an easy drive to many of Central Florida's major attractions: Busch Gardens in Tampa is about a 35 minute drive; Walt Disney World®/MGM Studios, Universal Studios-Florida, and Sea World are just four traffic lights and ninety minutes away from us via easy interstate highway! For more information on our area attractions and activities, check out VisitStPeteClearwater.com

Amenities & Local Attractions

In addition to our world-class beaches, we are located within an easy drive to many of Central Florida's major attractions, including:

Directions to our Learning Center

From Tampa or Tampa International Airport

  1. Follow signs for I-275 South to St. Petersburg. You will go over the Howard Frankland Bridge, then continue about 17 miles to Exit 23A on the left toward Sundial/The Pier
  2. After you get off at Exit 23A, I-375 E becomes 4th Ave N
  3. Turn right onto 2nd St N, the Sundial Parking Garage will be on your left
  4. Gulfcoast Ultrasound Institute is located at 111 2nd Ave NE in the Plaza Tower on the 8th floor

From Sarasota or South Florida

  1. If you are coming from the south over the Sunshine Skyway Bridge, take I-275 North to Exit 23 for I-375 toward The Pier
  2. After you get off at Exit 23A, I-375 E becomes 4th Ave N
  3. Turn right onto 2nd St N, the Sundial Parking Garage will be on your left
  4. Gulfcoast Ultrasound Institute is located at 111 2nd Ave NE in the Plaza Tower on the 8th floor

Walking Directions from the Parking Garage

  1. Follow walkway from garage towards Sundial Shopping plaza (AMC Theatres)
  2. Turn right and walk down 2nd Ave N
  3. Cross 1st St NE
  4. On your left is Sab Cafe, turn left into the Plaza shops and into Plaza Tower
  5. Take elevator to 8th floor

Airports

If you are flying in, we suggest making your airline destination to Tampa International Airport or St. Petersburg/Clearwater Airport.

Resources

40 YEARS

Serving the Medical Community

200,000+

Participants Trained

500,000+

CME Credits Awarded

6,000+

Courses Offered

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