Echocardiography Review Course: Full Schedule

Explore all aspects of echocardiography in critically ill patients and prepare for the critical care echocardiography board examination.

Day 1 Tuesday, November 9, 2021
6:15 a.m. – 7:00 a.m.	Registration
7:00 a.m. – 7:15 a.m.	Welcome and Introduction
7:15 a.m. – 7:30 a.m.	Overview of Course Agenda and NBE Examination Overview
7:30 a.m. – 8:10 a.m.	Fundamentals of Physics and Knobology
8:10 a.m. – 8:50 a.m.	Concepts of Imaging, Artifacts, and Knobology
8:50 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.	Normal Transthoracic Examination
9:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.	Questions and Answers/Discussion
10:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.	Break
10:15 a.m. – 10:55 a.m.	Transesophageal Echocardiography Views
10:55 a.m. – 11:35 a.m.	Left Ventricular Systolic Function
11:35 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.	Left Ventricular Diastolic Function
12:15 p.m. – 1:15 p.m.	Lunch Questions and Answers/Discussion
1:15 p.m. – 1:55 p.m.	Evaluation of Right Ventricle
1:55 p.m. – 2:35 p.m.	Hemodynamics (Static Evaluation of Intracardiac Pressures)
2:35 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.	Volume Status and Fluid Responsiveness (Dynamic Evaluation)/ Heart-Lung Interactions
3:15 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.	Questions and Answers/Discussion
3:45 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.	Break
4:00 p.m – 4:40 p.m..	Ultrasound of the Lung and Pleura
4:40 p.m. – 5:20 p.m.	Respiratory Failure
5:20 p.m. – 5:50 p.m.	Questions and Answers/Discussion

Day 2 Wednesday, November 10, 2021
7:00 a.m. – 7:30 a.m.	Registration
7:30 a.m. – 7:45 a.m.	Welcome and Introduction
7:45 a.m. – 8:15 a.m.	Pericardial Disease Including Tamponade
8:15 a.m. – 8:55 a.m.	Shock
8:55 a.m. – 9:25 a.m.	Cardiac Arrest
9:25 a.m. – 9:55 a.m.	Questions and Answers/Discussion
9:55 a.m. – 10:10 a.m.	Break
10:10 a.m. – 10:40 a.m.	Heart Failure and Cardiomyopathies
10:40 a.m. – 11:10 a.m.	Ischemic Heart Disease and Left Ventricular Regional Function
11:10 a.m. – 11:40 a.m..	The Aorta and Other Great Vessels
11:40 a.m. – 12:40 p.m.	Lunch Questions and Answers/Discussion
12:40 p.m. – 1:10 p.m.	Pulmonary Hypertension Syndromes Including Pulmonary Embolism
1:10 p.m. – 1:40 p.m.	Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
1:40 p.m. – 2:10 p.m.	Vascular Ultrasound
2:10 p.m. – 2:40 p.m.	Questions and Answers/Discussion
2:40 p.m. – 2:55 p.m.	Break
2:55 p.m. – 3:35 p.m.	Trauma Including Focused Assessment With Sonography Examination
3:35 p.m. – 4:05 p.m.	Devices and Foreign Bodies
4:05 p.m. – 4:45 p.m.	Abdominal Ultrasound
4:45 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.	Questions and Answers/Discussion

Day 3 Thursday, November 11, 2021
7:00 a.m. – 7:30 a.m.	Registration
7:30 a.m. – 7:45 a.m.	Welcome and Introduction
7:45 a.m. – 8:25 a.m.	Aortic Valve Disease
8:25 a.m. – 9:05 a.m.	Tricuspid and Pulmonic Valve
9:05 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.	Mitral Valve
9:45 a.m. – 10:15 a.m..	Questions and Answers/Discussion
10:15 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.	Break
10:30 a.m. – 11:10 a.m.	Intracardiac Masses Including Endocarditis
11:10 a.m. – 11:50 a.m.	Congenital Heart Disease in Adults
11:50 a.m. – 12:20 p.m.	Board Questions and Answers/Discussion
12:20 p.m. – 12:30 p.m.	Moving Forward/Adjournment