Point-of-Care Ultrasound Masterclass

Ultrasound

Video course

by David Mackenzie MDCM FRCPC FACEP

Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) helps us make better clinical decisions, faster. This course builds on Medmastery’s POCUS Essentials course, taking your skills to the next level. Master advanced POCUS in a variety of applications—pulmonary, cardiac, airway, gastrointestinal, and musculoskeletal—with tricks and tactics that will help you make a diagnosis, build a care plan, and guide resuscitation.

4h 49m

8 Quizzes

7 CME

What’s in it for you?

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After completing this course, you will be able to

Identify when advanced POCUS applications are needed and will help you improve care for your patients
Choose the appropriate ultrasound transducer, mode, and settings
Perform advanced applications and acquire images
Interpret common normal and abnormal findings in important applications, including pulmonary, cardiac, airway, gastrointestinal, and musculoskeletal POCUS
Appreciate the limitations of POCUS studies, and know when to select a complementary test
Communicate effectively with patients, taking into consideration language, culture, and / or age, to improve diagnostic accuracy and mitigate against misdiagnosis due to miscommunication

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Chapter 1

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.

4 lessons

14m

Airway ultrasound intro

Recognizing when to use airway ultrasound

Confirming endotracheal tube placement

Identifying the cricothyroid membrane

Airway ultrasound quiz

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Chapter 2

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.

7 lessons

36m

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

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Chapter 3

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.

10 lessons

1h 5m

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

13m

Evaluating diastolic function

Recognizing endocarditis

Point-of-care echocardiography quiz

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Chapter 4

Gastrointestinal applications

This chapter will teach you how to use ultrasound to diagnose common gastrointestinal conditions, including appendicitis, small bowel obstruction, and intussusception.

8 lessons

42m

Gastrointestinal applications intro

Recognizing when to perform gastrointestinal ultrasound

Diagnosing small bowel obstruction

Imaging the appendix

Evaluating for appendicitis

10m

Diagnosing intussusception

Diagnosing pyloric stenosis

Assessing the stomach for NPO status

Gastrointestinal applications quiz

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Chapter 5

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.

7 lessons

29m

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

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Chapter 6

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.

11 lessons

58m

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

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Chapter 7

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.

5 lessons

17m

Scrotal ultrasound intro

Recognizing when to perform scrotal ultrasound

Acquiring scrotal images

Diagnosing testicular torsion

Evaluating for other testicular pathologies

Scrotal ultrasound quiz

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Chapter 8

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.

7 lessons

33m

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

Quiz

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Teachers of this course

David Mackenzie MDCM FRCPC FACEP

David is the medical director and director of point-of-care ultrasound at Maine Medical Center and an associate professor of emergency medicine at Tufts University.

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Nora Drenaline

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Claim your certificate

All members receive a certificate for completing this course. For Pro members, the certificate comes with 7 CME credits.

CME accredited

All our courses and workshops are fully CME accredited. We provide USA AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ and European CME credits (ECMEC®s). Pro members can download their CME certificates upon successful completion of activities. Want to transfer these credits to your national system? No problem.

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Award-winning teaching method

Winner of the Comenius EduMedia Medal
For outstanding digital education—Berlin 2013
Highly commended by the British Medical Association
Awarded in the digital category of the BMA Book Awards—London 2017
Winner of the Comenius EduMedia Seal
For outstanding digital education—Berlin 2017
Internationally accredited
CME accredited in the USA and EU with mutual recognition agreements in most other countries.
Trusted institutional partner
Used by residency programs and universities around the world to train their clinicians and students.
Top-rated by our learners
Rated excellent by hundreds of users on Trustpilot, an independent reviewing platform.

What’s in it for you?

Master the most important skills

Learn any skill in under 5 hours

Save time and money

After completing this course, you will be able to

What's inside

Airway ultrasound

Lung ultrasound

Point-of-care echocardiography

Gastrointestinal applications

Vascular ultrasound

Musculoskeletal imaging

Scrotal ultrasound

Volume status and fluid responsiveness

Claim your certificate

CME accredited

Winner of the Comenius EduMedia Medal

Highly commended by the British Medical Association

Winner of the Comenius EduMedia Seal

Internationally accredited

Trusted institutional partner

Top-rated by our learners