OBJECTIVES
- Increase the participants’ knowledge to establish an emergency medicine and/or critical care ultrasound program.
- Develop an ultrasound director job description
- Outline expected finances of an ultrasound program to effectively develop a budget and calculate anticipated return on investment.
- State the factors involved with the evaluation and purchase of ultrasound equipment.
- List viable options for image archiving and documentation and corresponding advantages and disadvantages
- Develop a faculty training and credentialing process
- Outline options for obtaining support for developing an ultrasound program with administrators and other departments.
AUDIENCE
Physicians and other medical professionals involved with Emergency and/or Critical Care Ultrasound and who have accepted a position to coordinate and direct an ultrasound program in an emergency and/or critical care department.
TOPICS
- The Ultrasound Director’s Job Description
- Finances of an Ultrasound Program
- Purchasing an Ultrasound System
- Factors to Consider
- Evaluation Mechanism
- Image Archiving
- Quality Assurance
- Setting up a Program
- Who Scans and Who Reviews
- Communication
- Documentation
- Timelines
- Training and Credentialing Faculty
- Navigating Administrative and Other Department Support
- Q/A and Panel Discussions
Reviewed for content accuracy: 7/31/2021
This edition valid for credit through: 7/31/2024
