Enrich your knowledge of cardiac ultrasound with the help from experienced sonographer, Sharon Kay. Sharon covers a focused cardiac ultrasound of the heart, and gives examples of emergency cardiac conditions that can be detected with this versatile modality. This talk was recorded at Bedside Critical Care Conference 4. For the full post and other BCC4 posts, head over to www.intensivecarenetwork.com
4. The Heart revealed
• 5 different tools / modalities are used in
every day cardiac echo
• It will take years of training > 5, multiple
scans > 4000 to become an expert and
be able to exclude things
• THIS IS NOT WHAT BCC / EFOCUS /
Rapid cardiac assessment IS!
5. The Heart revealed - EFOCUS
Arm to your clinical medicine – BE A DR
Helping strengthen your impressions
Not a diagnostic tool or fishing expedition
6. The Heart revealed - EFOCUS
EFOCUS
FEEL
LIMITED ECHOWINFOCUS
FATE
RACE EFAST
BEDSIDE SONO
27. CHAMBERS
• Movement – Function Compare
• Fractional shortening – the squeeze
of the Ventricle
• Global – Cardiomyopathy –
• ETOH / myocarditis
• Athletes
• Segmental – AMI / IHD /
• Tako Tsubo (not without and Cath)
28. CHAMBERS
• The atria
• Size ( LA – dilated ? why)
• Diastolic dysfunction / regurgitation /
stenosis / PVR?
• IAS – hypermobile / aneurysmal / PFO /
Not just filling pressure …… Movement
• Masses
• Thrombus / SEC / myxoma / Artifact