Procedures & Ultrasound Training

Our fellows graduate proficient in a wide range of procedures. In addition to hands-on training, our fellows help supervise and teach our residents and APPs, and are often called on for the most challenging of procedures.

Procedural Experience

• Ultrasound & Landmark Guided Arterial & Central Venous Catheter Placement
• Swan Ganz Catheter Placement 
• Large Bore Dialysis Catheter Placement
• Diagnostic & Therapeutic Bronchoscopy
• Chest Tube Insertion
• Thoracentesis
• Paracentesis

All modern intensivists must be facile with point-of-care ultrasound to help diagnose and manage critical illness. Our fellows are no different and receive strong training in point-of-care ultrasound and critical care echocardiography with hands-on training, and a robust didactic series. In addition to transthoracic echocardiography, our fellows have the opportunity to do hands-on transesophageal echo training with our Cardiothoracic Anesthesiologists in the operating room.

Fellowship Ultrasound Training

• Competence in:
  • Focused Cardiac Echo & Doppler Exam
  • Lung Ultrasound 
  • Abdominal Ultrasound
  • Venous/DVT Study
• POCUS Integrated into Daily Rounds
• Dedicated Echo/Ultrasound Elective Month
• TTE & TEE Training