After completing this course, you will be able to

• Identify key artifacts that can impact ultrasound guidance for procedures.
• Use the “in plane” and “out of plane” approach.
• Acquire Images in both sagittal and transverse scanning planes.
• Identify normal ultrasound landmarks for guiding central line placement.
• Identify normal ultrasound landmarks for guiding lumbar puncture.
• Identify the ultrasound findings of pleural effusion to guide thoracentesis.
• Identify the ultrasound findings of free fluid in the abdomen to guide paracentesis.
• Discriminate between endotracheal tube placement in the trachea and in the esophagus.
• Master ultrasound transducer sterile technique.