Basic Ultrasound Skills “Head to Toe” for General Intensivists

Chiara Robba is a Consultant and Associate Professor in Anesthesia and Intensive Care at Policlinico San Martino Hospital, Genova Italy. She obtained her PhD in 2017 on Brain Ultrasonography, with a thesis on non-invasive estimation of intracranial pressure using Ultrasound. Her research interests are neurointensive Care, Mechanical Ventilation and Head to toe Ultrasonography. She is author of more than 300 peer reviewed papers and she is the chair of the ESICM guidelines for the use of Ultrasound in the Intensive Care Unit settings. Currently she is the Chair of the Neurointensive Care section of the ESICM.

Antonio Messina is a Senior Consultant in the ICU of the Humanitas Research Hospital and an Assistant Professor of cardiovascular physiology in Hunimed University. He obtained his PhD in 2015 on hemodynamics of critically ill patients, with a thesis on heart-lung interactions in patients with spontaneous breathing activity. His research interests are fluid dynamic, functional hemodynamic tests, heart lung interaction and Head to toe Ultrasonography. He is author of more than 60 peer reviewed papers and he is a co-author of the ESICM guidelines for the use of Ultrasound in the Intensive Care Unit settings. Currently he is an active member of cardiovascular dynamic section, and one of the experts of the Haemodynamic Monitoring Masterclass of the ESICM.

Adrian Wong has been a consultant in Anaesthesia & Intensive Care since 2015 and is a currently a consultant at King's College Hospital, London. Within the field of ultrasound, he has interested in training/accreditation, measurements of organ perfusion and right heart imaging. His other research interest includes clinical governance and safety, medical education and burnout/well-being amongst medical professionals. He sits on the ESICM Executive Committee and an examiner for the European Diploma of Intensive Care Medicine. He is pursuing a PhD in King's College London.

Antoine Vieillard-Baron is professor of Intensive Care Medicine. He is the head of the Intensive Care Unit of the university hospital Ambroise Paré, in the APHP group since around 14 years. His university expertise regards heart-lung interactions, ARDS, RV function and non-invasive hemodynamic monitoring. With others, he developed the concept of critical care echocardiography and created EDEC which is the European Diploma in critical care echocardiography. Prof. Vieillard-Baron is also the general secretary of ESICM.

1. Basic Ultrasound Skills "Head to Toe" for the General Intensivists.- 2. General Principles of Ultrasound.- Part I. Heart.- 3. Detection and interpretation of left ventricular systolic dysfunction by basic critical care echocardiography.- 4. Evaluation for right ventricular failure.- 5. Evaluation of hemodynamically important pericardial effusion.- 6. Evaluation for severe hypovolemia.- 7. Evaluation for Acute, Severe Left-Sided Valvulopathy.- Part II. Lung 8. Pneumothorax.- 9. Pleural Effusion in Critically ill Patients.- 10. Airway Ultrasound for the Intensivist.- 11. Ultrosound Assessment of the Respiratory Muscles.- Part III. Abdomen.- 12. Triage or clinical suspicion for aortic syndromes.- 13. Assessment of Kidneys and Urinary Tract.- 14. Assessment of Traumatic Acute Abdoment.- 15. Ecographic assessment of non-traumatic acute abdomen.- Part IV. Vessels.- 16. Ultrasound-guided cannulation.- 17. Basic Ultrasound Skills "Head to Toe" for General Intensivists.- Part V. Brain.- 18.Cranial ultrasound for intracerebral pathology .- 19. Role of brain ultrasound for the assessment of intracranial hypertension.- 20. Transcranial Doppler (TCD): clinical applications in acute brain injury.- 21. Regional Anaesthesia for the Intensivist.- Part VI. Ultrasound training.- 22. Training in US for Intensivists.- Part VII. Integration of different US skills in clinical scenarios at the bedside.- 23. Combined Echocardiography and Lung US in Shocked Patient.- 24. Role of lung ultrasound and echocardiography in acute respiratory failure, ARDS and weaning in mechanically ventilated patients.- 25. Use of Ultrasound for the assessment of fluid-responsiveness in critically ill patients.- 26. Extended-FAST protocol in polytrauma patients.