Critical Care Basic Ultrasound Learning Goals for American Anesthesiology Critical Care Trainees

Abstract

Immediate bedside availability of ultrasound resources can dramatically improve the ability of critical care physicians to care for critically ill patients. Anesthesia--critical care medicine training should have definitive expectations and performance standards for basic CCUS interpretation by anesthesiology--critical care specialists. The learning goals in this review reflect current trends in the multispecialty critical care environment where ultrasound-based diagnostic strategies are already frequently applied. These competencies should be formally taught as part of an established anesthesiology-critical care medicine graduate medical education programs.

Pediatric emergency medicine point-of-care ultrasound: summary of the evidence

“…Indeed, it could be argued that the rationale for the use of clinician-performed ultrasonography is even more compelling in the care of children since the goal of minimal exposure to ionizing radiation is most important in this age group [9]. However, in contrast to adult emergency [10] and critical care medicine [11], there is currently no standard for the practice of pediatric emergency POCUS.…”

Primeras recomendaciones clínicas latinoamericanas para ecocardiografía perioperatoria. ECOSIAC.

“…La complejidad de esta metodología requiere para su correcta aplicación de un profundo conocimiento de la anatomía y función cardiaca, así como de las patologías cardiovasculares más prevalentes. Quien realice estudios ecocardiográficos debe tener una formación adecuada para la interpretación de las imágenes y de las patologías relacionadas 11,14-16, 102,103 . El entrenamiento en ecocardiografía perioperatoria debe incluir un número específico de casos practicados bajo supervisión de Ecocardiografistas establecidos, un número mínimo de horas de educación en Ecocardiografía y la aprobación de un examen de acreditación 10,14,16,33,104 .…”

Training the Anesthesiologist in Point-of-Care Ultrasound

“…The Royal College of Anaesthetists in Great Britain has already developed a curriculum aimed at anesthesiologists. 18,62,63 We developed our own curriculum based on the curricula at other institutions. We also use a template to record our cases (Table 5).…”

“…At our institution we have decided on a total of 40 hours of training spread over 1 week. 18 These hours are split into 20 hours for image acquisition and 20 hours for image interpretation. The first 2 days are spent in the echocardiology laboratory, with the first day focused on knobology and normal image identification.…”