Validation of an echochardiography training program for intensivists

Abstract

Abstract number P3. The aim of the study; to evaluate the efficacy of institutional training program.140-hour bedside echocardiography training (plus 10-hour theoretical classes) for seven intensivists. At the end of the training period, the intensivists and the teachers (experienced level III echocardiographists) registered echocardiography-derived hemodynamic variables of the same patient a few minutes apart. The study demonstrates that our training program was efficient. Hemodynamic-focused echocardiography can be accurately performed by intensivists after attendance of this training program. Fifth International Symposium on Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine for Latin America S�o Paulo, Brazil, 24-27 June 2009