Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS): An Emerging Standard of Care?

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ONLINECMECNE

Tuesday, September 5, 2023, 8:00 AM - Friday, September 4, 2026, 11:59 PM, Online

AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (0.75 hours), Non-Physician (Attendance) (0.75 hours), Nursing Contact Hour(s) (0.75 hours)

This presentation will address why neonatal point-of-care ultrasound should become the standard of care and give tools on how to build a neonatal point-of-care ultrasound program.

1. Outline the evolution of point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) in neonatal intensive care units.
2. Describe applications of POCUS in critically ill neonates.
3. Discuss the tools for building a neonatal POCUS program.
4. Recognize the difference between a POCUS program and a Neonatal Hemodynamics Program [targeted neonatal echocardiography (TnECHO)].

1. Outline the evolution of point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) in neonatal intensive care units.
2. Describe applications of POCUS in critically ill neonates.
3. Discuss the tools for building a neonatal POCUS program.
4. Recognize the difference between a POCUS program and a Neonatal Hemodynamics Program [targeted neonatal echocardiography (TnECHO)].

The Pediatrix Center for Research, Education, Quality and Safety is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The Pediatrix Center for Research, Education, Quality and Safety designates this Enduring Material for a maximum of 0.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

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The Pediatrix Center for Research, Education, Quality and Safety is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

The Pediatrix Center for Research, Education, Quality and Safety designates this Enduring Material for a maximum of 0.75 nursing contact hour(s). Participants should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

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There is no commercial support for this educational activity.       

Please note: the content of this educational activity was originally presented at NEO: The Conference for Neonatology on February 23, 2023, which was supported in part, through restricted medical education grants from Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals and Abbott Nutrition.