Point of Care Ultrasound

Catalog description

This is a two-week elective course consisting of online work with reading, videos and pretesting and in person 1-2 two-hour practice labs each day. Topics covered include ultrasound physics, devices, artifacts, gallbladder, liver, spleen, kidney, urinary bladder, aorta, pancreas, lungs and pleura, basic echocardiography, advanced echocardiography, musculoskeletal ultrasound, eye, vascular, skin and soft tissue. Additional online units include transabdominal Gyn, breast, testes and special considerations for pediatrics.