Vascular Ultrasound

 

 

Intended Learning Outcomes

Course title	Intended learning outcomes
The use of ultrasound for central venous cannulation	Describe and identify the normal ultrasonographic appearance of the internal jugular vein Describe and identify the normal ultrasonographic appearance of the femoral vein Describe and identify the normal ultrasonographic appearance of the subclavian vein Differentiate between the ultrasonographic ap-pearance of an artery and a vein Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of per-forming vessel cannulation using ultrasound Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of per-forming vessel cannulation using in-plane and out-of-plane ultrasound technique
The use of ultrasound for the diagnosis of deep venous thrombosis	Incidence of Deep venous thrombosis (DVT) in intensive care Importance of evaluation and assessment for DVT in intensive care Differentiate between the ultrasonographic appearance of an artery and a vein Differentiate and identify between a patent and a thrombosed vessel on ultra-sound Describe the compression technique for detecting/diagnosing deep venous thrombosis in the lower limb

 

eModule Information

Relevant Competencies from CoBaTrICE

Vascular ultrasound
2.3 Performs and interprets ultrasonography assessment.