Webinars

Phil Booth, RN, MSN, MICN, CEN is an Emergency Room nurse with 40 years of experience. He will present this webinar on Ultrasound-guided Peripheral IV Insertion. He will describe the basic physics of ultrasonography; interpret a dynamic ultrasound image of a human arm and identify arteries, veins, nerves, subcutaneous tissue, fascia and bone; and insert an IV catheter into a “phantom” arm successfully using ultrasound.

Dr. David Berkoff is an Emergency trained physician with a Fellowship in Primary Care Sports Medicine from Duke University in North Carolina and is currently the Associate Professor of Orthopedics, UNC School of Medicine. This webinar covers the basic foot and ankle injections commonly used in daily practice.

In this webinar, Jeffrey Gonzales, MD, MA discusses the uses of ultrasound for neuraxial analgesia and anesthesia. Specifically, he discusses the utility of ultrasound for epidural and subarachnoid (SAB) access, reviews the potential advantages of utilizing ultrasound for epidural/SAB access, demonstrates optimal visualization of posterior complex in both SAX and LAX views of lumbar spine, and demonstrates scanning and identification techniques with ultrasound for epidural/SAB access.

Dr. Scott Weiss is a Board-Certified Internist and Fellowship Trained in Sports Medicine. This webinar is in two parts and will focus on soft tissues masses of the foot and ankle. Dr. Scott Weiss also has a website called Probe Ultrasound that focuses on real life musculoskeletal ultrasound cases at www.probeultrasound.com

Dr. Scott Weiss is a Board-Certified Internist and Fellowship Trained in Sports Medicine. This webinar is the second part of a 2 part series on soft tissues masses of the foot and ankle. Dr. Scott Weiss also has a website called Probe Ultrasound that focuses on real life musculoskeletal ultrasound cases at www.probeultrasound.com

Adrienne Barrett, vascular access nurse in the hemodialysis unit at Health Sciences North in Sudbury, Ontario presents a webinar to train novice users on how to use ultrasound guidance to perform cannulation in hemodialysis in vascular access. She describes how to use ultrasound as an additional tool that bedside hemodialysis nurses can use to assess and cannulate the vascular access of dialysis patients.

Tariq Awan, DO is Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and U-M MedSport at the University of Michigan. He completed his residency in Family Medicine at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit where he served as chief resident and fellowship training in primary care sports medicine at the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, FL. This webinar focuses on ultrasound-guided injections of the elbow, wrist, and hand.

Dr. Daniel G. Malone is a Board Certified Internist and Rheumatologist with a special interest in musculoskeletal ultrasound, which he has been utilizing in his practice for 7 years, and he is on the faculty of several ultrasound schools. Dr. Malone now practices in Beaver Dam, WI at Excel Orthopedics, and in addition to general rheumatology services and evaluation and treatment for osteoporosis, he also offers ultrasound diagnostics, precision ultrasound-guided procedures and new forms of regenerative therapy, including platelet-rich plasma.

Dr. Theresa Bowling will present this webinar which is designed to teach the participants how to perform an ultrasound-guided thoracic paravertebral single shot nerve block and catheter placement. The relevant gross and ultrasound anatomy will be discussed and will include ultrasound video tutorials for needle and catheter placement. Indication and contraindications for performing this block will be discussed in detail. Pertinent literature supporting this block for anesthesia and analgesia will be also be presented.