POCUS Before You Puncture: Rethinking Safety in High-Risk Patients

Time: 7pm CET | Duration: 60mn

Objectives:

• Highlight the role of point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) in pre-procedural assessment for regional anaesthesia and pain interventions.
• Review evidence and expert recommendations for using gastric ultrasound in patients at risk of aspiration.
• Promote safer practices in complex patient populations by integrating POCUS into decision-making workflows.

Presentations:

• “Gastric Ultrasound in Regional Anaesthesia: What Every RA Provider Should Know”
  by Anahi Perlas
• “From Probe to Protocol: Integrating Gastric POCUS Into RA / PM Practice”
  by Alexandros Makris

Target Audience:

• Transplant surgeons (thoracic and abdominal)
• Anaesthesiologists and Pain specialists
• ICU and perioperative care physicians
• Transplant coordinators & nurses
• Pulmonologists and hepatologists involved in post-op care
• Residents and fellows in surgery, anaesthesia, and critical care
• Pharmacists specializing in analgesia and transplant medication

Keywords:

• Gastric ultrasound
• Aspiration risk
• Regional anaesthesia
• High-risk patients
• POCUS

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Accreditation Statement and Credit Designation

This webinar has been accredited by the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME®) with 1 European CME credit (ECMEC®s). Each medical specialist should claim only those hours of credit that he/she actually spent in the educational activity.

Through an agreement between the Union Européenne des Médecins Spécialistes and the American Medical Association, physicians may convert EACCME® credits to an equivalent number of AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Information on the process to convert EACCME® credit to AMA credit can be found at www.ama-assn.org/education/earn-credit-participation-international-activities.

Live educational activities, occurring outside of Canada, recognised by the UEMS-EACCME® for ECMEC®s are deemed to be Accredited Group Learning Activities (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.

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