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Ultrasound for Guided Venous Access

By |2022-08-29T21:54:25-05:00March 25, 2022|Course Information, Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS)|

While any visit to the hospital looks different, depending on the patient and their needs, a pretty common procedure done is the placement of an intravenous catheter to provide fluids, medicine, or both. These are so common in fact, that somewhere between 150 to 200 million are placed every year in the United States, according to Presley and Isenberg. Maverick Medical Education knows there are a growing number of uses of point of care ultrasound (POCUS) and the correct placement of these lines is one of them.

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Tips for Perfecting Ultrasound-Guided Regional Anesthesia

By |2024-04-30T21:52:45-05:00February 28, 2022|Course Information, Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS)|

Maverick Medical Education’s courses are deliberately thought out to provide the best education for those who enroll with us. The flipped classroom model that gives lecture instruction ahead of time, through modules accessible from any internet connected device, primes the lab time where students will get hands-on training from our esteemed Maverick Instructors. Perfecting these skills takes time and our instructors are passionate about passing their knowledge and training to each new course.

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How to Do an eFast Ultrasound Exam

By |2022-08-30T13:45:58-05:00February 28, 2022|Course Information, Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS)|

Once a medical provider has been trained on Point of Care Ultrasound, the insight they can provide to their patients extends to multiple fields. From field trauma to pediatrics to emergency care, POCUS is a quick way to evaluate the care and procedures your patients might need while also allowing for continued evaluation depending on the issues at hand. The applications for POCUS are numerous and Maverick Medical Education is providing continued education for how POCUS is beneficial for you to become proficient at. One of these new applications is in performing eFast exams.

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How to Effectively Triage with POCUS

By |2022-08-30T18:53:18-05:00December 6, 2021|Course Information, Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS)|

The use of point of care ultrasound in many medical settings is becoming clearer to practitioners and patients every day. While Maverick Medical Education has addressed the utility of POCUS on COVID-19 triage, the benefits extend far beyond helping teams determine care for those who have contracted this virus. POCUS can be used to improve patient outcomes and triage for their care no matter what they suspect their illness or injury may be.

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Focus on POCUS

By |2022-08-30T18:55:08-05:00December 3, 2021|Course Information, Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS)|

In 2014 I was involved with a task force put together by the NBCRNA to look at simulation for education for CRNAs. In the course of events associated with this task force we attended the 3rd World Congress for Ultrasound in Medical Education in Portland Oregon. I had experience using Ultrasound for regional nerve blocks and have taught Ultrasound use for that purpose through Maverick Medical Education.

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Using POCUS to Determine Abdominal Treatment

By |2022-08-30T18:59:22-05:00November 4, 2021|Course Information, Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS)|

There had to have been countless times when doctors and those involved in medicine in ancient times would say, “If only I could look inside my patient and see what was going on!” We live in a time when seeing inside our patients is not just possible, but becoming more common, especially with the assistance of Point of Care Ultrasound.

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Identifying Cardiac Issues with POCUS

By |2022-08-30T19:03:30-05:00October 13, 2021|Course Information, Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS)|

Point of Care Ultrasound is becoming more commonly used throughout the medical field and even beyond the four walls of the hospital and professional buildings where doctors, nurses, and technicians do a majority of their work. One of the many promising ways POCUS is being used, by our Maverick Medical Education trainees and medical professionals across the country, is the use in identifying and working through cardiac issues with our patients.

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Using Ultrasound Guidance for Deep Peripheral Nerve Blocks

By |2022-08-30T19:04:41-05:00September 24, 2021|Course Information|

Maverick Medical Education is committed to teaching different forms of pain relief in our courses, but also ensuring that our students receive all the tools and skills they need for each encounter with a patient to be successful. Through repetition in our courses like our Regional Anesthesia Essentials and Advanced, students get the hands on experience they need to build proficiency, but we also use additional tools, like ultrasound for perfect placement, every time.

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Identifying Knee Dislocation with POCUS

By |2022-08-30T19:06:32-05:00September 15, 2021|Course Information, Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS)|

As Point of Care Ultrasound becomes more widely used, those who have been trained in using this technology, also referred to as POCUS, will be better able to diagnose and treat their patients. While many think of ultrasound only in the realm of obstetrics, POCUS can give great insight into what is taking place within a patient’s body, in real time, without transport and can give an ongoing view as different techniques or treatments are tried. One of the ways Maverick Medical Education uses POCUS with medical professionals is in the identification of knee dislocation.

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Ultrasound Basics: Reading an Ultrasound Image

By |2024-08-17T23:08:36-05:00June 29, 2021|Course Information, Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS)|

Even those of us in the medical field have had the awkward experience of being handed an ultrasound image of someone’s new baby and having to pause and think about what we may be looking at. The marvel of ultrasound, whether for pregnancies, guiding equipment, or monitoring progression of a medical concern, is clear. We can take a look inside the bodies of our patients with a simple wave of the hand, or, in this case, wand. How do we interpret those images though? Maverick Medical Education is learning more about ultrasound and how to assist patients in numerous fields, every day.

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