Hospital Medicine Faculty Development Series: Cardiac POCUS

Thursday, November 12, 2020, 8:00 AM - Sunday, November 12, 2023, 9:00 AM

AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (1.00 hours), CME-Designated Participation Credit (1.00 hours), General Attendance (1.00 hours)

Dr. Haughey describes the role of point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) in inpatient medical practice. He demonstrates how to obtain the common cardiac views in the parasternal, apical and subxiphoid windows and highlights normal anatomy in each view. He also demonstrates how to visually estimate systolic function, detect a pericardial effusion, and right ventricular enlargement. Lastly, he describes how to perform an ultrasound exam of the inferior vena cava and incorporate these findings into a clinical volume assessment.

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Learning Outcome
At the conclusion of this learning activity, participants will be able to apply recent evidence for the use of Cardiac POCUS during the interpretation of cardiac ultrasound images including normal and pathologic findings of conditions encountered in hospitalist practice.

Presenter
David Haughey, MD
Section of Hospital Medicine at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Geisel School of Medicine
Core Faculty Dartmouth-Hitchcock Internal Medicine Residency Program
Director of POCUS Education and Training for Internal Medicine Training Program
Almy Clinical Scholar

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Dartmouth Health designated this Enduring Material for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.