Course Content
EDE 3 is a two day program usually held once per year that explores a variety of advanced point of care ultrasound applications. Topics can include:
Cardiac:
- RV cardiac assessment
- Cardiac wall motion abnormalities
- Cardiac Diastology
- Cardiac Valvulopathy
Regional anesthesia:
- popliteal sciatic
- superficial cervical
- paravertebral
- TAP
- posterior tibial
- interscalene
- erector spinae
Other applications:
- Appendicitis
- Bowel obstruction
- Cricothyrotomy assistance
- Endotracheal tube position confirmation
- Shoulder joint and rotator cuff
- Transesophageal Echo
- Transcranial scan for mass effect and subdural hemorrhage
- Testicular torsion
- Thoracic aortic aneurysm
Course Objectives
Upon completion of the course participants will:
- Learn about advanced ultrasound physics and controls
- Perform scans on live models and practice obtaining quality images and demonstrate proper probe technique
- Understand how to clinically integrate data obtained from various advanced applications
- Understand the indications and limits of various advanced applications
- Learn how to use pulse wave and continuous wave doppler in various applications
- Learn how to do simple assessments of cardiac wall motion abnormalities, diastology and valvulopathy
- Learn advanced techniques for assessing fluid volume/tolerance status
- Learn about a variety of ultrasound guided regional anesthetic blocks
- Learn about ultrasound guided airway adjuncts
- Learn how to use ultrasound to help diagnose common gastrointestinal conditions including appendicitis, bowel obstruction, and diverticulitis
- Learn how to use ultrasound in assessing the shoulder and rotator cuff
- Learn how to use ultrasound in assessing for thoracic aortic aneurysm
Educational Format
Participants will receive an instructional manual of all the applications along with select videos to watch prior to the course. During the in-person program, brief presentations will review the key applications and then participants will practice the scans on live models with one-to-one supervision by bedside instructors. Between one and three participants will be assigned to a live model station and each take turns scanning. Immediate feedback is provided on technique, image generation, troubleshooting the difficult scan, and clinical integration. During the scanning sessions learners may choose to concentrate their time on the applications they find to be of most use in their own practices.
Tentative Schedule
| EDE 3 Tentative Schedule | |
| Day One | |
| 0900-0920 | Intro Talk |
| 0920-0940 | Review of PSL, PSS, A4C |
| 0940-1000 | Advanced Doppler and control talk |
| 1000-1020 | Diastology Talk |
| 1020-1030 | Break |
| 1030-1130 | Scan Live Models |
| 1130-1150 | Valvulopathy Talk |
| 1150-1250 | Scan Live Models |
| 1250-1330 | Lunch |
| 1330-1345 | Testicular Torsion Talk |
| 1345-1445 | Transcranial Talk |
| 1445-1510 | Shoulder Talk |
| 1510-1600 | Scan Live Models |
| 1600-1620 | Nerve Blocks Part One Talk |
| 1620-1730 | Scan Live Models |
| Day Two | |
| 0900-0915 | Intro Talk |
| 0915-0935 | Vexus for fluid assessment talk |
| 0935-1020 | Scan Live Models |
| 1000-1020 | GI applications talk |
| 1030-1130 | Scan Live Models |
| 1130-1150 | Thoracic Aorta Talk |
| 1150-1240 | Scan Live Models |
| 1240-1330 | Lunch |
| 1330-1345 | Nerve Blocks Part Two Talk |
| 1345-1445 | Scan Live Models |
| 1445-1510 | Airway application talk |
| 1510-1600 | TEE talk |
| 1600-1645 | Scan Live Models |
| 1645-1700 | Wrap up talk |
Post Course
Participants will receive a feedback survey and follow up questionnaire to determine how they have incorporated these skills into their practice and what challenges they may have encountered that prevented the use of specific applications.
