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Learning Objectives: Point-of-Care Ultrasound and Bedside Procedures Workshop

Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

• Visualize the heart in at least two different windows and assess global contractility.
• Identify the pericardium and describe the appearance of a pericardial effusion.
• Visualize the inferior vena cava and estimate central venous pressure based on measurement of the diameter and collapsibility.
• Visualize the internal jugular vein and femoral vein and demonstrate how to distinguish from the tandem artery, and place central venous catheter.
• Visualize and recognize normal anatomy and physiology of pleura and underlined lungs.
• Identify pleural effusion and perform thoracentesis.
• Visualize liver, spleen, kidney, bladder, and identify free intra-abdominal fluid and perform paracentesis.

Attendance at this Mayo Clinic course does not indicate nor guarantee competence or proficiency in the performance of any procedures which may be discussed or taught in this course.