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Emergency Medicine Procedural Guidance POCUS Course

Learn to perform ultrasound-guided procedures like pericardiocentesis, thoracentesis, and paracentesis, building the skills needed for effective, high-stakes patient care.
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18 hours

110 hours in total

10

382 pages

95+

24 challenges

4 hours

3 Certificates
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— Course sneak peek

A Step-by-Step Approach to the Procedural Guidance Ultrasound

In this course, you’ll master each phase of the scan from start to finish. By the end of the course, you'll be able to:

Procedural Ultrasound Essentials

  • Discuss transducer selection
  • Discuss transducer preparation and disinfection

Procedural Ultrasound Techniques

  • Compare and contrast ultrasound-guidance vs. ultrasound-assistance
  • Compare and contrast out-of-plane vs. in-plane techniques
  • Demonstrate the out-of-plane and in-plane techniques on a vascular access phantom

Vascular Access

  • Discuss techniques for ultrasound-guided peripheral venous access
  • Discuss techniques for ultrasound-guided central venous access
  • Discuss techniques for ultrasound-guided arterial access

Body Fluid Drainage

  • Discuss techniques for ultrasound-guided (or assisted) pericardiocentesis
  • Discuss techniques for ultrasound-guided (or assisted) thoracentesis
  • Discuss techniques for ultrasound-guided (or assisted) paracentesis

What's Inside the Course

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Meet Your Instructor

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Dr. Bob Jones

DO, FACEP

Years of POCUS Experience

Residency POCUS programs founded

Articles and chapters written
Dr. Jones is an emergency physician with over 30 years of POCUS experience, currently teaching at Case Western Reserve University and MetroHealth in Cleveland, Ohio.

He founded multiple residency POCUS programs, created the Ohio ACEP ultrasound course, and served as ACEP Ultrasound Section Chair.

Dr. Jones lectures worldwide, has written numerous POCUS articles and chapters, co-chairs system-wide POCUS at MetroHealth, and leads the living anatomy/ultrasound program for pre-clerkship students.

Learning from Dr. Jones means you’ll gain practical, cutting-edge expertise from one of the field’s true pioneers.
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