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Critical Care Ultrasound: Adult Full Schedule

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Day 1
Monday, August 9, 2021
6:45 a.m. – 7:30 a.m. Registration and Continental Breakfast
7:30 a.m. – 7:45 a.m. Welcome and Introductions
7:45 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. Basic Physics and Knobology
8:30 a.m. – 9:15 a.m. Fundamental Echocardiography Views
9:15 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. Basic Evaluation of Left Ventricular Function and Cardiac Output
9:45 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Break
10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Skill Stations
  • Apical Views
  • Parasternal Views
  • Subcostal Views
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. Lunch and Clinical Cases
1:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Basic Evaluation of Right Ventricular Function
1:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Intravascular Volume Assessment
2:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Image Interpretation Session
2:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. Break
2:45 p.m. – 4:45 p.m. Skill Stations
  • Cardiac Output
  • Volume Assessment
  • Left/Right Ventricular Function
4:45 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Clinical Cases and Interactive Questions
Day 2
Tuesday, August 10, 2021
7:00 a.m. – 7:30 a.m. Continential Breakfast 
7:30 a.m. – 7:45 a.m. Questions and Overview
7:45 a.m. – 8:15 a.m. Pulmonary Embolism: Diagnosis and Physiology 
8:15 a.m. – 8:45 a.m. Tamponade: Diagnosis and Physiology 
8:45 a.m. – 9:15 a.m. Evaluation of Pneumothorax, Pleural Effusions, and Thoracentesis
9:45 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Break
10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Skill Stations
  • Lung: Pleural Effusions; Thoracentesis
  • Tamponade Evaluation
  • Focused Assessed Transthoracic Echocardiography (FATE) Examination
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. Lunch and Clinical Cases
1:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Vascular Ultrasound
1:30 p.m. – 2:15 p.m. Focused Assessment with Sonography in Trauma (FAST) Examination
2:15 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Break
2:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. Skill Stations
  • FAST Examination
  • Vascular Ultrasound
  • Ask the Expert
4:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Clinical Cases and Interactive Questions
5:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Questions, Answers, and Moving Forward