POCUS 360

“POCUS 360: No Blind Spots in the Critically Ill”
See it all. Miss nothing. Act fast.


Target audience: Physicians with good understanding of basic POCUS techniques and clinical experience in the care of critically ill patients.

Course focus: Advanced Cardiac POCUS applications and POCUS in the critically ill patients.

Method: Learners rotate between each station

Course Schedule:

07:30-08:00: Registration

08:00-08:30: Introduction

08:30-09:30: Station 1

09:30-09:35: Rotation

09:35-10:35: Station 2

10:35-10:55: COFFEE BREAK

10:55-11:55: Station 3

11:55-12:00: Rotation

12:00-13:00: Station 4

13:00-13:45: LUNCH BREAK

13:45-14:45: Station 5

14:45-14:50: Rotation

14:50-15:50: Station 6

15:50-16:10: COFFEE BREAK

16:10-16:40: Lecture - Current Advances in Resuscitative Ultrasound

16:40-17:10: Course Conclusion & Competency Assessment

Stations:

  • Advanced Cardiac-Left heart (cardiac output, diastolic function, RWMA, mitral/aortic valve)
  • Advanced Cardiac- Right heart (pulmonary arterial pressure, TAPSE, tricuspid valve, pulmonary acceleration time)
  • Advanced Fluid Management (carotid flow times, VEXUS, IVC)
  • US-guided critical procedures (pericardiocentesis, central line confirmation, stellate ganglion block, central/arterial line insertion)
  • POCUS-guided intubation (tube confirmation, diaphragm assessment, gastric volume, pneumothorax)
  • Procedural integration & Difficult scenarios

Workshop Instructor:

Joshua Guttman, MD is an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at the Emory University School of Medicine and a fellowship-trained ultrasound educator with over a decade of experience in clinical and academic POCUS leadership. He is the founder of Peachtree POCUS, a consulting firm focused on optimizing point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) operations, education, and reimbursement. Dr. Guttman is a nationally recognized expert in both POCUS education and reimbursement. He has given over 85 POCUS and Emergency Medicine related lectures and workshops at the national and international stage. He serves as chair of the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) Emergency Ultrasound Section coding and reimbursement committee, where he advises on policy and implementation issues for ultrasound leaders nationwide. He also chairs the emergency ultrasound section of the American Academy of Emergency Medicine (AAEM) and serves on the Emergency Ultrasound Fellowship Accreditation Council.