Introduction to Pediatric Ultrasound
OBJECTIVES
- Increase the participants’ knowledge to better perform and/or interpret pediatric ultrasound examinations.
- State the basic fundamentals of ultrasound physics and demonstrate appropriate optimization of system controls.
- Identify normal and abnormal imaging characteristics of the pediatric urinary tract and GI tract.
- Demonstrate protocols for evaluation of the trauma patient.
- List the benefits of soft-tissue and MSK ultrasound in the pediatric patient.
- Demonstrate ultrasound protocols for evaluation of the neonatal head, pediatric hip and spine.
- Identify normal and abnormal characteristics of the neonatal head, pediatric hip, and spine.
- Outline testicular ultrasound protocols and recognize commonly seen abnormalities.
- Increase confidence to incorporate protocols, techniques and interpretation criteria to improve diagnostic and treatment accuracy.
AUDIENCE
TOPICS
- Imaging Fundamentals: The Basics
- Abdominal Sonography Anatomy and Scan Fundamentals
- Focused Assessment with Sonography in Trauma
- Ultrasound Evaluation of the Pediatric Gastrointestinal Tract
- Ultrasound Evaluation of the Pediatric Genitourinary System
- Scrotal Ultrasound in the Pediatric Emergency Medicine Patient
- Ultrasound Evaluation of the Pediatric Thyroid and Neck
- Pediatric Ultrasound Case Studies
- Advanced Thoracic Ultrasound for the Pediatric Patient
- Ultrasound Evaluation of the Neonatal Spine
- Ultrasound Evaluation of the Pediatric Hip
- Introduction to Pediatric Neurosonology
- Soft Tissue and Musculoskeletal Ultrasound in the Pediatric Patient
Date of Original Release: 3/5/2020