Ultrasound - Beyond the Basics Hands-on Modules

Monday, April 7, 2025

8:00am – 12:00pm ET

Location: Merrick II - Lobby Level

CE: 4 CME Credit

Add-on Course Director(s)

Katharine Burns, MD, FAAEM

Ultrasound Fellowship Director
Advocate Christ Medical Center
Chicago, Illinois

Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose
Christy Butts, MD FAAEM

Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine
University of Wisconsin
Madison, Wisconsin

Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose
Eric Chin, MD, MBA, FAAEM

Chair, Dept. of Emergency Medicine
Brooke Army Medical Center
San Antonio, Texas

Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose

Add-On Course Faculty(s)

Patrick G. Kishi, MD FAAEM

Assistant Professor, Director of Emergency Ultrasound
Mayo Clinic Phoenix/Scottsdale
Phoenix, Arizona

Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose
Dylan Rupska, MD

Emergency Medicine Ultrasound Faculty
Advocate Christ Medical Center
Chicago , Illinois

Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose
Miranda Bradley, MD (she/her/hers)

Fellow Physician
University of Wisconsin
Madison, Wisconsin

Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose

Disclosure(s):

Katharine Burns, MD, FAAEM: No financial relationships to disclose

Christy Butts, MD FAAEM: No financial relationships to disclose

Eric Chin, MD, MBA, FAAEM: No financial relationships to disclose

Room: Merrick II - Lobby Level

Are you looking for hours of hands-on practice to learn or refine your skills in emergency ultrasound, critical care ultrasound, or how to use ultrasound in austere environments? This beyond-the-basics ultrasound workshop provides a choose-your-own-adventure style course that is appropriate for beginners and advanced ultrasound users alike.

Course Fees
Early Bird Rates (on or before March 6):
$375 Member
$300 Resident or Student Member
$525 Non-member
$425 Resident or Student Non-member

Regular Rates (after March 6):
$475 Member
$375 Resident or Student Member
$660 Non-member
$530 Resident or Student Non-member

Tentative Agenda
Participants select four hours of skills stations to rotate through:
• Austere Ultrasound Mini-Course (2 hours)
• Critical Care Ultrasound Mini-Course (2 hours)
• Advanced Echo (1 hour)
• Abdominal (1 hour)
• Aorta/IVC, eFAST, Gallbladder (1 hour)
• Nerve Blocks (1 hour)
• MSK and DVT (1 hour)
• Patient Cases with Pathology (1 hour)
• Shock (1 hour)
• Procedures (1 hour)
• TEE (1 hour)

Modules subject to change.

Learning Objectives:

After this session, participants will learn and practice the use of POCUS for critically ill and injured patients in an ED setting.
After this session, participants will learn and practice the use of POCUS in austere environments and settings, such as during after natural disaster, MASCAL event, etc.
After this session, participants will learn and practice the use of POCUS for advanced echo, nerve blocks, procedures, MSK, or abdominal applications.