POCUS Workshop

PEDIATRIC POINT OF CARE ULTRASOUND
Saturday, May 3, 2025, 12:20-5:05PM
Included in the cost of in-person tuition.

This workshop provides an overview of point of care ultrasound for pediatrics, and is designed for providers with limited or basic knowledge of point of care ultrasound. Through hands-on practical sessions using live pediatric models and simulation equipment in a small group setting, course attendees will learn ultrasound scanning techniques pertinent to pediatric anesthesia and critical care. Topics covered will include: basic cardiac, fluid and function, lung, airway, abdomen, and gastric evaluation, as well as procedural guidance (peripheral and central line placement, neuraxial block). The course is being taught by anesthesia, critical care, cardiology, and emergency medicine ultrasound experts.

Objectives

At the end of this session, the learner should be able to:

• Properly acquire cardiac images and evaluate for cardiac function and volume status
• Properly acquire lung images and evaluate for pneumothorax, pleural effusion, and interstitial disease
• Demonstrate how to use ultrasound for peripheral and central line access
• Perform airway ultrasound to identify surgical airway landmarks and confirm endotracheal tube position
• Demonstrate how to use gastric ultrasound for assessment of aspiration risk and FAST/FAFF to evaluate for free fluid

Director

Elaina E. Lin, MD
Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania;
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Dr. Lin is an attending pediatric anesthesiologist at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and assistant professor at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine. She is director of perioperative ultrasound and leads educational workshops and clinical protocols for bedside ultrasound. She completed medical school at Johns Hopkins. Following a research fellowship at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), she completed an anesthesiology residency at Johns Hopkins and a pediatric anesthesia fellowship at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Her research interests include ultrasound use in the perioperative period, anesthesia for fetal surgery, and COVID in the pediatric surgical population.