Ultrasound for Emergency Medicine
Ultrasound for Emergency Medicine Physician Workshops
Save the date for ICEP’s NEW physician ultrasound courses! Advanced and basic tracks will be offered at both hands-on workshops.
Thursday, November 21, 2013 | Thursday, December 5, 2013
ICEP Conference Center, Downers Grove, IL
A full course brochure and agenda will be available this summer.
What You’ll Cover at the Course:
Pelvic • Gallbladder • AAA • FAST Exam • Central Line • Peripheral IVs • Cardiac IVC • Transvenous Pacing/Pericardiocentesis • Muskuloskeletal • Peripheral Nerve Blocks • AND MORE!
Ultrasound-Guided Peripheral IVs Hands-On Workshops
Course dates for early 2014 are in the works!
This half-day course presented by ICEP, Illinois ENA, and Advocate Christ Medical Center gives you 2+ hours of hands-on practice, 1 hour of didactic review!
What You’ll Cover at the Course:
- Ultrasound basics: Terminology, probe selection, knobology, and image quality improvement techniques
- Getting started with ultrasound-guided peripheral IV: Indications, basic anatomy, identification of veins vs. arteries, transverse and longitudinal approaches, potential complications, common mistakes, and how to avoid them
- FAST Exam: Overview, indications, scanning tips for optimizing images, and identification of false positives
- Skills stations: Normal vasculature, transverse and longitudinal approaches to peripheral IV placement, normal and abnormal FAST exam, central line target practice, and more
Target Audience
All levels of nurses and emergency providers whose patients require peripheral IV access for optimal care.
This continuing nursing education activity was approved by the Emergency Nurses Association, an accredited approver of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
Activity Code: 121024-IL-1 Maximum of 2.92 Contact Hours
Why ultrasound guidance for peripheral IV cannulation?
Improved success rates | Fewer complications | Decreased time to intravenous access | Decreased number of percutaneous punctures | Improved patient satisfaction and safety