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| CME Activity: Echocardiography |
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About this Activity >
Step 1: Pretest
Step 2: Video
Step 3: Reading
Step 4: Post-Test
Step 5: Evaluate Activity
CME Certificate
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| Title: | Echocardiography |
| Completion Time: | 1 hour |
| Contributors: | John Bailitz, Scott C. Sherman, Robert F. Reardon, Scott A. Joing, Michael Blaivas, O. John Ma, James R. Mateer |
| Release Date: | 4/10/2009 |
| Expiration Date: | 4/10/2012 |
Learner Objectives:
On completion of this module, you should be able to: |
- Describe the primary indications for emergency physicians to perform focused transthoracic echocardiography.
- Discuss basic cardiac anatomy within the thoracic cavity and how this determines probe selection and positioning.
- List the advantages and limitations of the basic cardiac views.
- Identify normal and abnormal sonographic appearance of the pericardium, left ventricle function, inferior vena cava, and right heart size.
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