International expert statement on training standards for critical care ultrasonography
Authors:
M. Balík
Authors‘ workplace:
KARIM 1. LF UK a VFN
Published in:
Anest. intenziv. Med., 23, 2012, č. 4, s. 203-208
Category:
Consensual statement
Mezinárodní kulatý stůl (Vídeň, 9.–10. října 2009)
Organizující společnost: European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM)
Overview
Training in ultrasound techniques for intensive care medicine physicians should aim at achieving competencies in three main areas: (1) general critical care ultrasound (GCCUS), (2) ‘‘basic’’ critical care echocardiography (CCE), and (3) advanced CCE. A group of 29 experts representing the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM) and 11 other critical care societies worldwide worked on a potential framework for organizing training adapted to each area of competence. This framework is mainly aimed at defining minimal requirements but is by no means rigid or restrictive: each training organization can be adapted according to resources available. There was 100% agreement among the participants that general critical care ultrasound and ‘‘basic’’ critical care echocardiography should be mandatory in the curriculum of intensive care unit (ICU) physicians. It is the role of each critical care society to support the implementation of training in GCCUS and basic CCE in its own country.
Keywords:
ultrasound techniques – echocardiography – training – competence
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