Newbeginner

Target audience

Physicians and other healthcare professionals.

Availability

6 months.

Lungs

The course provides an introduction to the use of point of care ultrasound for acute respiratory failure and why it should be used more instead of a stethoscope and chest X-ray. You will receive a basic introduction to lung ultrasound, focusing on lung sliding, artefacts, and pleural effusion.

Chapters

• Welcome
• Basic principles of ultrasound
• Introduction
• Standard approach of examination
• Anatomy & sonoanatomy
      - Anatomy
      - M-mode
      - Artefacts
      - Pleura
• Ultrasound
      - Lung sliding
      - Artefacts
      - Left pleura
      - Right pleura
• Pathology
      - Absence of lung sliding
      - Physiological vs pathological B-lines
      - Pleural effusion
• Summary

The course is approved by Gordy Johnson, MD and Medical Director in POCUS.