Learn how to use Ultrasound like a Pro!
Have a butterfly or pocket ultrasound? This course will help orientate your use of the POCUS transducer while performing non-diagnostic exams in the office. Here you will learn best practices on how to hold the transducer (leading edge, transverse/sagittal (long) planes), where to place transducer for each trimester, angling and toggling, normal anatomy and organs orientation on screen, capacity of equipment (setting for exams in 1st, 2nd, and 3rd trimester, M-mode, fetal heart sounds, measuring CRL, etc) and much more.
Midwives, what you don’t know, just might be endangering you and your client. Additionally, radiology reports can be confusing, so let’s talk more about what the radiologist “might” mean in the diagnostic reports you receive. This course is not meant to fully train or certify midwives to become ultrasound technologists, but to help them learn how to use the medical equipment they are already using.
This is a hybrid class with online and live portions. In order to receive CEUs for this class, participants must complete the online portion and attend the live in-person class from one of our various workshops offered. Open to all, no experience necessary, CEU’s and certificate of completion provided after completing BOTH the online and in-person workshop.
Course Content
- Uterine Anomalies (19:24)
- Ectopic Pregnancies (18:56)
- Pseudogestational Sac (4:35)
- Molar Pregnancy (Hydatidiform Mole) (6:55)
- Subchorionic Bleed (7:26)
- Placenta Placement and Location (28:10)
- Amniotic Fluid (6:42)
- Omphalocele / Gastroschisis (4:32)
- Adnexal Masses (7:52)
- Normal vs Abnormal (14:58)
- Conclusion (2:02)
- How to get your CEUs
Meet your Course Mentor
Amariee (she/hers, non-gender role confirming) is a Registered Sonographer with American Registry for Diagnostic Medical Sonography (ARDMS) in Abdomen/General, Obstetric/Gynecology (RDMS-Ab/Ob/Gyn) and Vascular (RVT) from San Jacinto College with an Associates of Applied Science in Diagnostic Medical Sonography. She completed over 1100 clinical hours at three different hospitals in the greater Houston area starting in 2017. She started her sonography career at University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, TX in 2019 after graduation and upon passing three registries. Her experience is vast with procedures, inpatient/outpatient/OR/ER, protocols and standards set by Joint Commission Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations.
As she entered midwifery school and networked with the birth community, there was an expressed need for mobile ultrasound technologists and hence she started her mobile sonography business. The exams are ordered by licensed professionals and read by a teleradiology group contracted with Amariee. Many midwives have contacted Amariee for training on how to use their Point-Of-Care US (POCUS) transducers and decoding diagnostic ultrasound reports. She has identified a great need to train midwives in the basics of sonography, for safety of all parties involved. As a student midwife, Amariee is currently active in the greater Cincinnati area.
In her other endeavors, Amariee is a veteran of the United States Air Force, holds a Bachelor of Science in Biology and Health and Human Performance and Masters of Public Administration.
The Ultrasound Basics for Midwives Course is a combination of online content of 8 hours hours and a live workshop of 8 hours.
16 CEUS will be offered only on completion of both the online content and the live workshop. Sign up for the online content below and follow this link to sign up for our next live workshop