Arterial Line Course

Arterial line placement is often necessary to monitor blood pressure in cases of septic shock and other causes of hypotension, hypertensive emergency and when frequent blood draws are required.  The arterial line placement course teaches clinicians how to place radial arterial lines, brachial arterial lines and femoral arterial lines.  Through hands-on practice using an advanced simulator, students will gain competence in arterial line insertion.

The HPC Hospitalist and Emergency Procedures course will teach you how to perform arterial line placement in addition to endotracheal intubation, stylet-guided intubations, laryngeal mask airway (LMA) placement, King tube placement, fiberoptic intubations. ultrasound-guided central line placement, IO lines, ultrasound-guided peripheral IV, POCUS exams (RUSH exams and E-FAST exams), thoracentesis, paracentesis, lumbar punctures, chest tube placement, pigtail catheter placement, needle thoracostomy, procedural sedation, and ventilator management.

Our arterial line training is a component of our live Hospitalist and Emergency Procedures CME course which teaches clinicians how to perform the 20 most essential procedures needed to work in the ER, ICU, and hospital wards.

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Arterial Line Placement Course trains students in:

  • Indications for arterial catheter placement
  • Contraindications for arterial catheter placement
  • Complications of arterial catheter placement
  • Equipment for arterial catheter placement
  • Proper positioning and technique for arterial catheter placement
  • Arterial catheter troubleshooting
  • Coding for arterial catheter placement
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Clinical Pearls for Airway Management of Morbidly Obese Patients

Joseph Esherick, M.D., FAAFP, FHM
advanced airway, Airway management, awake intubation, cricothyroidotomy, difficult airway, difficult airway management, Difficult Intubation, Difficult LMA, direct laryngoscopy, emergent intubation, Endotracheal Intubation, Featured, GlideScope, Glidescope Intubation, HPC Updates, intermediate airways, Intubation, Ketofol, Laryngeal Mask Airway, laryngoscopy, LMA, Mechanical Ventilation, Propofol, supraglottic airway, Vascular access, Ventilation, video laryngoscopy, Videolaryngoscopy
Morbidly obese patients can pose numerous challenges when it comes to airway management. Morbid obesity can make vascular access more difficult and you need good vascular access prior to any attempts at safe airway management. In addition, morbid obesity can…
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The Case for Simulation Based Training for Bedside Hospital Procedures

Dr. Rick Rutherford, M.D., FAAFP
Central Line, Central line insertion, central line placement, central lines, Central Venous Catheter, central venous catheters, E-FAST, emergency procedures, emergency procedures course, FAST exam, Featured, First-attempt success rate, hospital procedures, hospital procedures course, Hospitalist, HPC, HPC Conference, HPC Updates, Lumbar Puncture, medical procedures, medical procedures course, paracentesis, Paracentesis, POCUS, safety checklists, Simulation Based Training, Simulation-based procedural training, Thoracentesis, Ultrasound, Ultrasound for Pneumothorax, Ultrasound-Guided Central Line Insertion, Ultrasound-guided lumbar puncture, Ultrasound-Guided Lumbar Punctures, Ultrasound-Guided Paracentesis, ultrasound-guided procedures, Ultrasound-Guided Thoracentesis
For decades the mantra for procedural education in medicine has been “see one-do one-teach one”.  Those of us who learned bedside procedures and point-of-care ultrasound by this model understand that this approach does not optimize safe and competent performance.   At…
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Simulation Based Training for Central Venous Catheters

Joseph Esherick, M.D., FAAFP, FHM
Central Line, central line complications, Central line insertion, central line placement, central lines, Central Venous Catheter, central venous catheters, Featured Procedure, HPC Updates, Procedure Blog of the Week, Simulation Based Training, Simulation-based procedural training, Ultrasound-Guided Central Line Insertion
Does Simulation Based Training Improve Central Line Success Rates? Simulation-based procedural training has become increasingly popular in academic medical centers and among medical trainees.  Limited data has suggested that simulation based training improves success rates and safety, but evidence has…
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Hospitalist and Emergency Procedures CME Courses Available

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  1. 12 month online access to Online CME course, procedure video bundle, instructional posters
  2. Indefinite online access to PDFs of all course lectures, course handouts, and HPC Adult Critical Care and Emergency Drug Reference Drug