Ultrasound Training - Bladder Clinical - SonoSim

Bladder Clinical Ultrasound Training

Learn how to determine bladder volume measurements, including post-void residual volume, with ultrasound. Learn to identify pyogenic debris, calculi, and blood clots; explore possible ureteral obstruction; determine needle location for aspiration; and confirm placement of urinary catheters with ultrasound imaging.
CME Credits:
2.5
Cases:
10
Price US$599.00
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How it Works

Each SonoSim module contains:

  • A Didactic, Cloud-Based, Multimedia Course
  • Real-Time Knowledge Checks & a Mastery Test
  • A Series of Hands-On, Real Patient Scanning Cases Accessed with the SonoSimulator® Ultrasound Probe

The SonoSimulator Ultrasound Probe is a one-time purchase and is your access key to the SonoSim modules you license annually. License to each module is purchased in the first year, and maintained with an annual membership fee. Keep scanning and maintain all your member benefits, including annual access to all your modules, with your low annual membership fee of $295 (complimentary in your first year).

Course Highlights

SonoSim cloud-based, multimedia, didactic courses are created by leading ultrasound experts, and are internet accessible immediately after purchase, on any device. There are knowledge checks with real-time feedback throughout each course, as well as a Mastery Test that is automatically graded.

The course in this module covers topics including:

  • Bladder Sonography Anatomy & Characteristics
  • Pathophysiology of the Bladder
  • Imaging Artifacts - Low Attenuation & Reverberation
  • Transducer Selection & Settings
  • Patient Positioning
  • Case Studies with Pathology, including Cystitis, Internal Echoes, Hematoma, Diverticulum, Rupture and Ureteral Obstruction
  • Bladder Volume Measurement
  • Catheterization
  • Tips, Pitfalls, & Complications

SonoSimulator Scanning Cases

The SonoSimulator® helps develop and maintain the critical visuomotor and visuospatial skills that are central to image acquisition and interpretation with real patient imagery, expert tutorials on-demand, and real-time feedback on success.

The 10 real patient scanning cases in this module include and cover:

  • Patient Types: Male & Female, 8 Adult & 2 Pediatric
  • Relevant Findings/Pathology: Normal Adult & Pediatric Patients, Decompressed Bladder Patients, Normal & Moderately Distended Bladder Patients, Urinary Retention Patients, Bladder with Indwelling Foley Catheter Case, Bladder Diverticulum Patient, Prostatic Hypertrophy Case, Ascites with Free Pelvic Fluid Patient
  • Transducer Types: Curvilinear
  • Special Case Features: Anatomic Layer Removal

Continued Medical Education

The Bladder: Core Clinical Ultrasound Module begins with a brief review of bladder anatomy and physiology. The course discusses normal sonographic bladder appearance and standard bladder ultrasound views in males and females. This is followed by information on artifacts commonly encountered during bladder ultrasonography, such as posterior acoustic enhancement and reverberation. Case studies are presented on multiple pathologic conditions of the bladder, including cystitis, bladder hematoma, bladder diverticulum, bladder rupture, and ureteral obstruction. Bladder volume measurement is discussed next. The course concludes with an introduction to ultrasound-guided catheterization and a summary of salient teaching points. One is able to develop the requisite cognitive task awareness and visuospatial skills required to perform sonographic evaluations of the bladder through 10 different hands-on simulation cases.

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of the American College of Emergency Physicians, the Illinois College of Emergency Physicians, and SonoSim, Inc. The American College of Emergency Physicians is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The American College of Emergency Physicians designates this enduring material for a maximum of 2.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Approved by the American College of Emergency Physicians for a maximum of 2.5 hours of ACEP Category I credit.

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