03_07_05 Echocardiography in intensive care

Echocardiography in intensive care
Session Overview
Description
This session contains a link to the BJA Education article followed by a series of self assessment multiple choice questions.

The article will open in a new window or tab depending on your browser.

CPD credits are awarded by the RCoA for the time spent reading the article and successful completion of the self assessment questions. The pass mark is a score of 80% or more.

A CPD certificate can be printed from the Session Summary page at the end of the session.

Echocardiography in intensive care. Roscoe, Andrew Strang, Tim et al. Continuing Education in Anaesthesia, Critical Care and Pain, Volume 8, Issue 2, 46-49

• Echocardiography is a useful tool for rapid diagnosis of cardiovascular instability
• Echocardiography should be interpreted by appropriately trained personnel
• The use of echocardiography on intensive care impacts positively on patient outcome
• Echocardiography should not delay treatment of decompensated cardiac tamponade