Department of Emergency Medicine: Ultrasound Broken Hearts

February 18, 2027

Registration Link: Department of Emergency Medicine: Ultrasound Broken Hearts – February 18, 2027 – Continuing Professional Development – Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Ultrasound Broken Hearts is a hands-on educational course designed to introduce emergency physicians and acute care clinicians to the fundamentals of focused echocardiography and its role as a crucial tool in shock resuscitation.

Participants will develop practical skills through hands-on scanning of live models, image interpretation, and integration practice using simulators. The course will focus on obtaining core focused echocardiography views, identifying relevant cardiac anatomy and function, and integrating ultrasound findings into the clinical management of patients presenting with undifferentiated shock.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

• Perform core focused echocardiography (echo) views used in acute care settings.
• Integrate focused echocardiography views into the clinical management of patients presenting with undifferentiated shock.
• Demonstrate appropriate probe guidance and identify relevant cardiac anatomy and function using ultrasound.
• Perform gross valvular assessment.
• Identify focused echocardiography findings of tamponade physiology.
• Recognize the limitations of focused echocardiography and identify when comprehensive echocardiography is necessary.