Date

March 20 - 21, 2025

Location

CHEST Global Headquarters
2595 Patriot Boulevard
Glenview, IL 60026
UNITED STATES

CME credits and MOC points

27.75

Ultrasonography: Essentials in Critical Care

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About this course

Dates: March 20-21, 2025 | September 18-19, 2025 | December 4-5, 2025 | Credits: 27.75* | Location: CHEST HQ in Glenview, IL

Point-of-care ultrasonography (POCUS) is vital for the evaluation and management of acutely ill hospitalized patients. This course will help you learn essential elements of POCUS with an emphasis on image acquisition and interpretation. Leaders in the field of POCUS will focus on practical solutions using interactive trainings, human models, and high-quality ultrasound machines.

This course is part of CHEST’s Critical Care Ultrasonography Certificate of Completion program.

EXCLUSIVE ADD-ON WORKSHOP | Enhance your proficiency in needle guidance and probe manipulation by adding the optional Ultrasonography for Acute Care Procedures Workshop to your course registration. You’ll spend extra time practicing general needle guidance and peripheral IV placement, central venous access (IJ and subclavian), thoracentesis, and paracentesis. The workshop will take place at the end of the first day of the course from 5:40 pm to 7 pm CT and costs an additional $149. Limited space available! Select the “Course PLUS Workshop” option from the dropdown menu when registering.

Explore CHEST’s five-part simulation course series on critical care image interpretation and application:

1. Ultrasonography: Essentials in Critical Care
2. Critical Care Ultrasound: Integration Into Clinical Practice
3. Advanced Critical Care Echocardiography Image Acquisition and Interpretation
4. Critical Care Echocardiography Exam (CCEeXAM) Virtual Board Review
5. Critical Care Transesophageal Echocardiography

What you'll learn

How to acquire lung, pleural, vascular, abdominal, and basic echocardiography ultrasound images on live models

Techniques for interpreting echocardiography ultrasound

Approaches to identifying appropriate uses of ultrasonography for acutely ill hospitalized patients

Who should attend

SPECIALTIES

Pulmonology, Critical Care, Hospital Medicine, Anesthesia Critical Care, Acute Care, Neurocritical Care, Emergency Medicine, Nephrology, Cardiology

CLINICIAN TYPE

All health care team members

LEVEL

Beginner

*CME credits are subject to change

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Course content follows the ABIM critical care medicine blueprint for the 10-year Maintenance of Certification exam and the LKA.

Cardiovascular Disorders: 17.5%

Critical Care Ultrasound Scanning: 2%

Gastrointestinal Disorders: 5%

Hematologic and Oncologic Disorders: 5.5%

Infectious Disease: 12%

Neurologic Disorders: 9.5%

Pharmacology and Toxicology: 4.5%

Pulmonary Disease: 20%

Renal, Endocrine, and Metabolic Disorders: 15%

Research, Administration, and Ethics: 2%

Surgery, Trauma, and Transplantation: 7%

Why trust CHEST?

Expect personalized instruction from nationally renowned experts with low learner-to-teacher ratios when you attend a CHEST course.

Holds Accreditation With Commendation from the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education

First medical association in the United States to receive accreditation from the Society for Simulation in Healthcare

Meet Your Instructors

CHEST faculty are nationally recognized experts in pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine who are trusted, respected clinicians in the chest medicine community. Through immersive learning experiences, our instructors help practitioners deliver exceptional care to their patients.

Health and safety information | Attendees are expected to comply with all health and safety requirements in effect at the time of this CHEST event. CHEST reserves the right to adjust requirements and will notify attendees as applicable. Attendees are responsible for checking for updates issued by the state, city, venue, or CHEST before traveling to the location.

Save big on this and future courses as a member of CHEST. Select “Course + Membership” to save up to $330 on this course. Plus, you'll receive Enhanced membership for the price of Basic. Membership pricing varies based on your profession. Learn about the benefits of CHEST membership.

Tuition

Physicians, doctoral professionals, or industry representatives

Early bird rate

$2,779 Member

$3,109 Nonmember

Regular rate

$2,879 Member

$3,209 Nonmember

Add-on Workshop

$149 Members and Nonmembers

APPs, RTs, in-training, and retirees

Early bird rate

$2,329 Member

$2,439 Nonmember

Regular rate

$2,429 Member

$2,539 Nonmember

Add-on Workshop

$149 Members and Nonmembers

Your tuition fee includes attendance at all course sessions and electronic access to course materials. (Printed materials or flash drives will not be provided.) Lunch and refreshments during breaks will be provided. Breakfast is available at CHEST-affiliated hotels.

Cancellation Policy

Tuition refund requests for this course must be received in writing by 4 weeks prior to the course start date for a full refund, less a $100 processing fee. Refunds will not be given after 4 weeks prior to the course start date. If you choose "Become a Member" when you register, only your course registration can be cancelled. No refunds will be given for membership.

CHEST reserves the right to cancel this course no later than 4 weeks prior to the start date. If a cancellation is necessary, your registration fee will be refunded, but CHEST is not responsible for other costs of attendance, such as travel.

To register by phone, contact our Help Team: +1 (800) 343-2227 or +1 (224) 521-9800

Day 1: 7:45 am – 5:30 pm CT
Day 2: 7:30 am – 3:30 pm CT

Hands-on Workshops

Image Acquisition Using Live Models
- Vascular Access
- Vascular Diagnostic
- Thoracic
- Cardiac
- Abdominal

Live Interactive Discussions

Case-Based Image Interpretation

Online Modules

General Principles of Ultrasonography
Vascular Access
Vascular Diagnostic
Pleural
Lung
Echocardiography: Techniques and Standard Views
Abdominal
Basic Echocardiography Overview
Economics, Competence, and Credentialing
Common Clinical Application of Ultrasonography to Guide Management of the Acutely Ill

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