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The Sonographic PICKLE Exam

The Sonographic PICKLE Exam

 

The Sonographic PICKLE Exam - Free Webinar



The Sonographic PICKLE Exam - Free Webinar

Dates: December 10 - 12, 2025

  • All One-Hour, On-Demand, Free Webinars (Non-Educator Series) are approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.
  • Immediately Implement Skills Learned into Clinical Practice.
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Overview

The Sonographic PICKLE Exam Webinar is designed to provide the acute or ambulatory care provider with an easily remembered ultrasound algorithm for rapid bedside assessment for patients in respiratory distress.

Code: PCKL-252W
ID: 8105

Schedule

Wednesday, December 10, 2025 8:30 AM EST - Friday, December 12, 2025 5:00 PM EST

Topics

  • Ultrasound Algorithm for Rapid Assessment of Patients with Respiratory Distress
  • PICKLE Global Scan Sequence: Pulmonary, IJ and IVC, Cardiac, Kidneys, and Lower Extremities
  • Interpretation of Exam Findings for Clinical Decision Making
  • Case Studies

Objectives

  • State an algorithm for rapidly assessing patients presenting with dyspnea using bedside ultrasound.
  • List the high-yield components of each portion of the PICKLE exam.
  • Outline sonographic findings related to the cause of dyspnea.

Tuition

Registration: $0.00

Audience

Physicians, sonographers, and other medical professionals who will be performing ultrasound in an emergency and/or critical care setting. Physician specialties who may benefit include (but is not limited to) Emergency medicine, Critical Care, hospitalists, internal medicine, and trauma surgeons.

Faculty

GulfCoast Ultrasound Institute

Andreas Dewitz  MD, RDMS

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.

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


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 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.

Resources

40 YEARS

Serving the Medical Community

200,000+

Participants Trained

500,000+

CME Credits Awarded

6,000+

Courses Offered

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