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POCUS course Curacao 2025

From April 05, 2025 07:00 until April 06, 2025 17:00
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First multi-specialty hands ON 

           POCUS course Curacao 2025

                 International renowned instructors ASRA Members
  • HANDS ON workshops: Improve your skills to improve patient outcomes
  • Small course size for increased scanning time
  • Affordable, collaborative, and specialty inclusive

LIMITED SPOTS AVAILABLE, includes online prelearning.

 General learning objectives:

1. Demonstrate ability to choose the appropriate US probe, perform image optimization for selected conditions, and recognize artifacts.
2. Recognize anatomical structures and selected pathological findings related to the airway, lungs, abdomen, and peripheral vascular system.
3. Identify treatable causes of cardiac arrest using limited echocardiography, including PEA, pericardial tamponade, pneumothorax, and PE.

Instructors:
Two locals:
Dr. Monique Calmes: Anesthesiologist/Intensivist
Dr. Valentina Franco Uribe: Anesthesiologist

Approximately six or seven guests: the exact number will depend on the number of participants and the names of the instructors will depend on dates and the accreditation.

Maximum number of participants: 20

Registration fee: US $ 575

Target group:

  • General Practitioners
  • Specialists & Residents

Saturday April 5th, 2025 - Day 1

 

From  Subject Speaker
7:30 - 7:45 am  REGISTRATION  
7:45 - 8:00 am  WELCOME  
8:00 - 8:20 am Introduction to POCUS and Basic Principles Valentina Franco MD
8:20 - 8:40 am Introduction to vascular access Andrea Gomez MD, LLC
8:40 - 9:00 am Hands-on vascular access  ALL
9:00 - 9:20 am Introduction to gastric Javier Cubillos MD
9:20 - 10:00 am Hands-on workshop ALL
10:00 - 10:20 am COFFEE BREAK  
10:20 - 10:40 am Introduction to airway exam Melody Herman MD
10:40 -11:00 am Introduction to lung exam John Hagen MD, MBA, FAAP FASA
11:00 am - 12:00 pm Hands-on workshop ALL
12:00 - 1:00 pm LUNCH BREAK  
1:00 - 1:40 pm Gastric, airway, lung, and vascular scenarios Laura Giron MD
1:40 - 2:00 pm Introduction to FAST Andrea Gomez MD
2:00 - 3:00 pm Hands-on workshop ALL
3:00 - 3:15 pm COFFEE BREAK  
3:15 - 3:45 pm FATE focused cardiac ultrasound: standard
cardiac views and vena cava imaging IVC
Hari Kalagara MD
3:45 - 4:45 pm Hands-on workshop standard cardiac views and IVC ALL
4:45 pm END OF DAY 1  

Sunday April 6th, 2025 - Day 2

 

From - To Subject Speaker
7:15 - 7:30 am  REGISTRATION  
7:30 - 8:00 am  Recap of Day 1 and Welcome Back Monique Calmes MD
8:00 - 8:30 am  M-Mode in the apical 4 chamber view: global ventricular function assessment Walid Alrayashi MD
8:30 - 10:00 am  Hands-on workshop  ALL
10:00 - 10:20 am  COFFEE BREAK

 

10:20 - 10:40 am  Cardiac Ultrasound in Cardiac Arrest: The Easy-ALS protocol. Echocardiographic
assessment using subcostal only view in advance life support
Nibras Bughrara MD
10:40 - 11:00 am The EASY algorithm - Utilizing cardiac view POCUS in hypotension management Nibras Bughrara MD
11:00 am - 12:00 pm FOCUS/EASY hands-on workshop ALL
12:00 - 1:00 pm LUNCH BREAK  
1:00 - 2:00 pm Free scanning ALL
2:00 - 3:00 pm Questions, feedback  
3:00 - 3:30 pm Certification