FoCUS Exam Training - Emergency Setting - SonoSim Ultrasound Training

FoCUS Advanced Clinical Ultrasound Training Part 1

A growing body of evidence supports the use of focused cardiac ultrasound by non-cardiologists (sometimes referred to as "point-of-care echocardiography" or "focused echocardiography") as a way of rapidly evaluating and caring for hospital-based and ambulatory patients. FoCUS Advanced Clinical Ultrasound Training Part 1 reviews echocardiography views, including those from the parasternal, subcostal, apical, and suprasternal notch windows. Doppler adjuncts, including color and spectral Doppler, are also discussed. Doppler-mode imaging indications, pitfalls, and limitations in regard to cardiac ultrasound are explained. Finally, stroke-volume measurement, determining cardiac output, and measuring pulmonary artery systolic pressure are covered.

This is the first part in a 2 part set. See FoCUS Advanced Clinical Ultrasound Training Part 2 for more.

CME Credits:
5.75
Cases:
10
Price US$899.00
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How it Works

SonoSim, The Easiest Way to Learn Ultrasonography®, uses a proven structure and method for learning ultrasound that combines:

  • 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

CME*, a Certificate of Completion, an ultrasound image portfolio come with your module(s).

The SonoSimulator Ultrasound Probe is a one-time purchase and takes your learning experience to the next level with unlimited virtual scanning practice on normal and pathologic scanning cases via the SonoSimulator. 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:

  • Traditional Echocardiographic Convention
  • Ultrasound Imaging Windows for FoCUS
  • The Use of Color and Spectral Doppler in FoCUS
  • Hemodynamics
  • Pulmonary Artery Pressure Measurements
  • Case Studies including Cardiac Output and Pulmonary Hypertension
  • Tips & Pitfalls in Performing Focused Cardiac Ultrasound ( FoCUS )

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: Adult Only, Male & Female
  • Relevant Findings/Pathology: Tricuspid Regurgitation, Aortic Regurgitation, Mitral Regurgitation and Aortic Stenosis, Dilated and Concentric Ventricular Hypertrophy, Cardiomyopathies, Pulmonary Hypertension, Use of IVC to Estimate Right Atrial Pressures
  • Doppler & Imaging Modes: Color-Flow Doppler, Continuous-Wave Doppler, Pulsed-Wave Doppler, M-Mode
  • Scanning Approaches: Parasternal, Apical, IVC, Subcostal, Suprasternal
  • Transducer Types: Phased Array
  • Special Case Features: Cardiac Calipers, Anatomic Layer Removal

Continued Medical Education

A growing body of evidence supports the use of focused cardiac ultrasound by non-cardiologists (sometimes referred to as "point-of-care echocardiography" or "focused echocardiography") as a way of rapidly evaluating and caring for patients, particularly in emergency departments and critical care units. Focused cardiac ultrasound involves a basic, simplified approach clearly distinct from a standard comprehensive echocardiographic examination. The Focused Cardiac Ultrasound (FoCUS) – Part 1: Advanced Clinical Ultrasound Module reviews echocardiography views in detail, including those from the parasternal, subcostal, apical, and suprasternal notch windows. Doppler adjuncts that can display information regarding the presence, direction, speed, and character of blood flow are highlighted. The course then presents how to obtain cardiac output measurements, including stroke-volume measurement and left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT) flow velocity. Lastly, the course explains how to determine pulmonary artery pressure measurements. Learners develop focused echocardiography skills through 10 hands-on scanning cases from real patients.

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 5.75 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 5.75 hours of ACEP Category I credit.

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