The Resuscitative TEE Workshop

Complete hands-on ultrasound education


The Resuscitative TEE Workshop is a full-day program using state-of-the art simulators and an experienced multidisciplinary team to teach physicians how to use trans esophageal echocardiography to help diagnose and manage critically ill patients. Please visit their website for more information.

THE UTILITY OF BEDSIDE TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY (TTE) IN THE DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT OF CRITICALLY ILL PATIENTS IN THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT AND INTENSIVE CARE UNITS HAS BEEN WELL ESTABLISHED AND REPRESENTS THE STANDARD OF CARE IN THE EVALUATION OF PATIENTS WITH ACUTE HEMODYNAMIC DECOMPENSATION. HOWEVER, DUE TO SEVERAL TECHNICAL LIMITATIONS, THE ACQUISITION AND INTERPRETATION OF TTE IMAGES MAY BE INADEQUATE IN A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF CRITICALLY ILL PATIENTS. REGARDLESS OF EXTERNALLY LIMITING FACTORS, TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY (TEE) RELIABLY OBTAINS HIGH-QUALITY IMAGES AND PROVIDES THE INFORMATION NEEDED TO GUIDE DECISION MAKING AT THE POINT-OF-CARE DURING RESUSCITATION.

#ResTEE (RESUSCITATIVE TEE)

IS THE PRACTICE OF TEE AT THE POINT-OF-CARE, USING A FOCUSED PROTOCOL WITH THE GOAL TO PROVIDE DIAGNOSTIC AND HEMODYNAMIC INFORMATION, AND SUPPORT DECISION-MAKING DURING RESUSCITATION OF CRITICALLY-ILL PATIENTS. 

The workshop will be held at the Brantford General Hospital in Brantford, Ontario.