The PERT Consortium is pleased to be hosting our second PERT Bootcamp on September 28th at the 8th Annual Scientific Symposium in Tampa, Florida. The course will run from 7am-1pm at the JW Marriott Tampa Water Street ​and consist of a combination of lectures, hands on skills sessions, interactive team building, and questions and answers. Accepted fellows will receive a stipend for travel and accommodations.

 

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Topics 

• Point of Care Echocardiogram and Interpretation 
• DVT Diagnosis and Management
• Percutaneous Treatments 
• Radiology Interpretation for V/Qs and CTAs 
• ICU Care

 

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Learning Objectives

​​At the conclusion of this activity, the participants will be able to:

• Better interpret diagnostic tests including CT pulmonary angiogram, invasive pulmonary V/Q scans, venous duplex ultrasounds, and echocardiogram.
• Refine bedside techniques for performing point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS), such as cardiac and lower extremity venous ultrasound.
• Understand the different treatment modalities including patient specific risks and benefits.  The treatments will include systemic thrombolysis, anticoagulation, catheter directed thrombolysis, percutaneous clot extraction, and surgical embolectomies.
• Manage critically ill PE patients through techniques such as vasopressor support, airway management, ECMO, fluid resuscitation, etc. 
• Understand long term PE management and follow-up (i.e. anticoagulation considerations/duration, thrombophilia workups, chronic thromboembolic disease and chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension evaluation, who needs further imaging, etc.).
• Understand how to organize, launch, and optimize a PERT team.

 

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Course Directors