The Vascular Access Ultrasound Course (VUC) (Jun 2016)

The Vascular Access Ultrasound Course (VUC) is organized by The Emergency Ultrasound Course and would be held on Jun 10, 2016 at The Millennium Knickerbocker Hotel, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America.

The targeted audience for this medical event is designed for anyone involved in vascular access.

This medical conference aims at the teach you how to use ultrasound to improve your success rates and improve patient care when placing lines, both central and peripheral. We cover the basics of ultrasound and line placement with ultrasound and then spend a great deal of time in lab placing lines in multiple different types of phantoms.

The medical conference has been approved with 6 hours of CME credits.

Conference objectives :
* Demonstrate the ability to properly operate an ultrasound machine and make adjustments to obtain adequate image quality
* Acquire ultrasound images for limited examination of the vascular structures in the neck and limbs for the purpose of placing intravascular catheters.
* Use ultrasound to facilitate the intravascular placement of catheters.