Goals and Objectives

Part 1

1. Evidence for Lung ultrasound
2. Acquiring quality images
3. A Lines
   • Anatomy and physics
   • How to bring them out
4. B Lines
   • Etiology and physics
   • Grading severity
5. Where to scan the chest

Part 2

1. Apply A lines and B lines
   • Pulmonary edema
   • Quantify severity of edema
2. Volume Status
   • Pulmonary edema
   • Peripheral edema
   • Central venous pressure
   • Effective arterial volume
3. CHF management

Part 3

1. Pneumonia
2. Atelectasis
3. Pleural Effusion
4. Pneumothorax

Part 4

1. Clinical Case Integration 

Additional Resources   

• Introduction to Bedside Ultrasound: Volume 1: Chapter 4
• Liz Turner’s Intro to Pulmonary Ultrasound
• Jason Williams Lecture
• Liz Turner’s Advance Pulmonary Ultrasound
• Critical Echo: Lung Ultrasonography