Transesophageal Ultrasound (TEU) has become essential in Critical Care settings, offering point-of-care clinicians a valuable tool for cardiac and hemodynamic status assessment and during resuscitation. Upon viewing this webinar, you will be able to provide better patient care by having a greater understanding of patient selection and limitations for TEU in the ICU, Transesophageal Ultrasound views for typical ICU use, and when each view is appropriate, key hemodynamic principles for critical care echocardiography and rules to abide by in ECMO cannulation, monitoring, and weaning, and credentialing and programming for intensivists.
Dr. Nick Villalobos is an Assistant Professor of Medicine for the Uniformed Services University at the San Antonio Military Medical Center in the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and ECMO. He completed his training at the University of New Mexico and holds a board certification in Critical Care Echocardiography.
He is part of a small group of physicians for the critical care air transport team in the United States Air Force and has deployed with the military's ECMO transport team. Dr. Villalobos is an ICU medical director and the director of ultrasonography for the fellowship and residency program.
Assisted with the development and review of the following content: Webinar: TEU in the ICU - A Multi-tool for the Intensivist