Airway ultrasound
Learn how to use ultrasound to manage airway emergencies with greater safety and confidence. This chapter will cover endotracheal tube placement and preparing for cricothyrotomy.
- Airway ultrasound intro
- Recognizing when to use airway ultrasound
- Confirming endotracheal tube placement
- Identifying the cricothyroid membrane
- Airway ultrasound quiz
Lung ultrasound
Make rapid diagnoses in patients presenting with dyspnea or shock. Learn how to use POCUS to recognize pneumonias, bronchiolitis, ARDS, and other important lung diseases.
- Lung ultrasound intro
- Moving beyond the basics of lung ultrasound
- Acquiring lung ultrasound images
- Diagnosing pneumonia
- Recognizing viral lung infections
- Evaluating for other lung pathologies
- Avoiding potential pitfalls with lung ultrasound
- Lung ultrasound quiz
Point-of-care echocardiography
Move beyond the basics and learn how to use point-of-care echocardiography to diagnose pericardial tamponade, find abnormalities, estimate PASP, recognize endocarditis, and more.
- Point-of-care echocardiography intro
- Moving beyond the basics of echocardiography
- Performing echocardiography in cardiac arrest
- Diagnosing pericardial tamponade
- Recognizing regional wall motion abnormalities
- Evaluating right-heart function
- Estimating pulmonary artery systolic pressure (PASP)
- Assessing heart valve structure and function
- Evaluating diastolic function
- Recognizing endocarditis
- Point-of-care echocardiography quiz
Gastrointestinal applications
This chapter will teach you how to use ultrasound to diagnose common gastrointestinal conditions, including appendicitis, small bowel obstruction, and intussusception.
- Gastrointestinal applications intro
- Recognizing when to perform gastrointestinal ultrasound
- Diagnosing small bowel obstruction
- Imaging the appendix
- Evaluating for appendicitis
- Diagnosing intussusception
- Diagnosing pyloric stenosis
- Assessing the stomach for NPO status
- Gastrointestinal applications quiz
Vascular ultrasound
Learn how to use ultrasound to evaluate vascular structures and make diagnoses, including aortic dissection, aneurysm, upper extremity DVT, and to confirm central line placement.
- Vascular ultrasound intro
- Scanning the great vessels
- Visualizing the aortic arch
- Diagnosing a great vessel dissection
- Identifying a thoracic aortic aneurysm
- Diagnosing upper extremity deep vein thrombosis (DVT)
- Confirming central line placement
- Vascular ultrasound quiz
Musculoskeletal imaging
Use ultrasound to diagnose common musculoskeletal pathologies. This chapter will show you how to identify soft tissue structures, and diagnose fractures, sprains, and effusions.
- Musculoskeletal imaging intro
- Applying point-of-care ultrasound to musculoskeletal structures
- Identifying soft tissue structures
- Visualizing soft tissue structures in the upper limb
- Visualizing soft tissue structures in the lower limb
- Diagnosing fractures
- Identifying tendon injuries
- Recognizing a shoulder dislocation
- Detecting joint effusions
- Evaluating for hip effusion
- Diagnosing peritonsillar abscess
- Musculoskeletal imaging quiz
Scrotal ultrasound
Here, you’ll learn an approach to evaluating the acute scrotum with ultrasound, helping you diagnose testicular torsion and other scrotal pathologies, like hydrocele and orchitis.
- Scrotal ultrasound intro
- Recognizing when to perform scrotal ultrasound
- Acquiring scrotal images
- Diagnosing testicular torsion
- Evaluating for other testicular pathologies
- Scrotal ultrasound quiz
Volume status and fluid responsiveness
Wrap up this course by learning how to make ultrasound-guided evaluations of fluid tolerance and responsiveness. You’ll cover cardiac output estimation, IVC measurements, and more.
- Volume status and fluid responsiveness intro
- Evaluating volume status with ultrasound
- Quantifying the inferior vena cava (IVC)
- Assessing fluid tolerance
- Estimating cardiac output
- Predicting fluid responsiveness
- Volume status and fluid responsiveness quiz
- POCUS Masterclass outro