Gastric Ultrasound Training - SonoSim

Gastric Ultrasound Training

Enhance your ability to perform gastric ultrasound confidently and improve patient safety during procedures with this comprehensive training on how to use ultrasound to assess gastric fullness and aspiration risk. Key indications for gastric ultrasound, gastric anatomy, and essential sonographic landmarks are reviewed. Learners will master preparation techniques, ultrasound scanning methods, and calculation of cross-sectional area (CSA) to estimate gastric content volume. Explore the sonographic appearance of the gastric antrum following ingestion of solids and liquids, incorporating the Perlas antral grading system. Seven interactive simulation cases on real patient anatomy build visuospatial skills and cognitive task awareness necessary for successful gastric ultrasound performance. Imaging tips, common pitfalls, and clinical applications for aspiration risk assessment are also covered.
CME Credits:
3
Cases:
7
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:

  • Exam Indications
  • Regional Anatomy & Physiology
  • Sonographic Anatomy & Technique
  • Transducer Selection & Patient Positioning
  • Clinical Decision-Making
  • Case Studies

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 7 real patient scanning cases in this module include and cover:

  • Patient Types: 7 Adult
  • Relevant Findings/Pathology: Late solid intake, early solid intake, early thick liquid ingestion, NPO x 2 hours, NPO X 8 hours, and clear liquids x 1 hour
  • Scanning Approaches: Supine and Right Lateral Decubitus (RLD) Patient Positioning
  • Transducer Types: Linear
  • Imaging Windows: Gastric Antrum Pylorus, Body, and Fundus

Continued Medical Education

The Gastric Ultrasound: Advanced Clinical Ultrasound Module teaches one about the role of gastric ultrasound as a method for assessing gastric fullness and the subsequent risk of aspiration. The course begins with commonly agreed-upon indications for gastric ultrasound. Then a review of gastric anatomy is provided. The sonographic anatomy and relevant anatomic landmarks, which are instrumental in performing gastric ultrasound, are described. Procedure preparation and sonographic techniques for gastric ultrasound are detailed. How to calculate cross-sectional area (CSA) to estimate the total volume of gastric contents is also explained. The course concludes with imaging tips and pitfalls, and a summary of the principles of how gastric ultrasound can be used to assess and mitigate the risk of pulmonary aspiration of gastric contents. Seven different simulation cases help one develop the requisite cognitive task awareness and visuospatial skills required to successfully perform gastric ultrasound.

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 3 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 3 hours of ACEP Category I credit.

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