Kaweah Health, Department of Emergency Medicine
Ultrasound Projects
Outside Lectures
Fellows have the ability to participate in Vituity partnership meetings that have a nationwide target audience. Our past fellows have led Vituity webinars on the use of POCUS in critical care for patients presenting with dyspnea workshops for POCUS-guided regional nerve blocks.
Internal Lectures
Compliant with SCUF requirements of 4 basic and 1 advanced EUS topic. Opportunity to do more.
Ultrasound Courses
No outside courses are required. Ultrasound fellows have the opportunity to attend them, however, to supplement their training.
Mini-selective
Fellows, at their discretion, can develop these with any department, e.g. intensivists, to supplement their training.
Other Information
Kaweah Health was the recipient of a 2019 Vituity Innovation Grant to support the use the Butterfly iQ hand held units in the emergency department.
The purpose of this grant was to develop a comprehensive, regional US program involving nearby Vituity sites, frequently staffed by Kaweah Health EM residency graduates.
Fellows will have the opportunity to work in and develop this regional network.
