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Should We Abandon Routine
TB Testing for Healthcare Workers
Are You Fluent in Swearing? 

 

It’s been a requirement for all my career. Is it still necessary? 

A new report has revealed that tuberculosis (TB) has become so rare among healthcare workers that it is not worth the time and expense to do routine testing. The report was published in the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report...

 

Education for those who expect more!

Need a new tool for your DIVAs?
If so, we got hands-on training available!

 

DIVAs

UGVA class trains in

Difficult Intra Venous Access studies. Participants attend our training to get hands-on scanning with phantoms where the ultrasound faculty teach essential skills and techniques to perform exams that make a difference in patient outcomes by demonstrating deep vein thrombosis or need for an intervention that can be done under ultrasound guidance. Our UGVA class offers not only the skills training but CME for physicians and CE for nurses.

Private Ultrasound Tutorial = Convience!

 



Since the first ED ultrasound class in 1993, AHEC has been teaching what physicians want to learn to benefit their patients and their practice.

If you can’t make a scheduled class or want to customize your training then a Private Ultrasound Tutorial is right up your alley!  We can design courses according to your practice requirements and/or skill level.

 
To see what upcoming dates are available for 2019. Click here:

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Ultrasound Tip of the Month

10 structures or spaces are typically imaged via 4 windows in a FAST examination; other views may be included and other structures evaluated. The windows and what is evaluated include

  1. Cardiac (most often subxiphoid, but other views may be obtained):
    • Pericardium
    • Heart chambers, especially the right ventricle
  2. Right Upper Quadrant (RUQ):
    • Morrison's Pouch (hepatorenal recess)
    • Liver tip (right paracolic gutter)
    • Lower right thorax
  3. Left Upper Quadrant (LUQ):
    • Subphrenic space
    • Splenoral recess
    • Spleen tip (left paracolic gutter)
    • Lower left thorax
  4. Pelvic:
    • Rectovesical pouch (male patients)
    • In female patients, rectouterine/pouch of Douglas
Emergency Medicine Ultrasound
Advanced Emergency Medicine
Need a New Tool for Your DIVAs?
Focused FAST Scan Ultrasound
2019 Private Ultrasound Tutorial
Physician's Online CME for ACCME
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