Providing and specializing in interventional and ultrasound pain management training courses for physicians including trigger points.
About this Event

Pain Management with Ultrasound Guidance

Image guidance is becoming a necessity for reimbursement in pain management procedures. Without ultrasound guidance, reimbursement is often cut in half. By incorporating ultrasound guidance for soft tissue and joint injections, you can both increase your reimbursement and refine your pain management techniques.

Empire Medical understands the changing healthcare standards for administering pain management injections. To help physicians incorporate the latest technologies and improve their standard of care, we have created this Pain Management Workshop. This 1-day intensive Pain Management Ultrasound Training Course presents the most common orthopedic indications for which image-guided (ultrasound) injections can be used, including acute, subacute, and chronic conditions.

During this specialty course, you will become proficient in performing various injections for large joints (shoulder, hip, and knee), as well as the sacroiliac joint and focused small joints.

Ultrasound Workshop - Agenda

8:30AM–9:00AM

Registration

9:00AM–9:45AM

Instructor Introduction
Advantages and disadvantages of using ultrasound for interventional pain procedures
Indications of use
Review of MSK image technologies
General principles of musculoskeletal sonography

9:45AM–10:30AM

Review of various techniques for image guidance using ultrasound for muscles and tendons for medium and large joints
General instruction for musculoskeletal sonography, including irregular pathologies
Medical indications for treatment for soft tissue, joints, cartilage, ischemic nerve damage, and other specialty pain applications

10:30AM–10:45AM

Break

10:45AM–12:00PM

Requirements and general protocols for performing musculoskeletal sonography for soft tissue injection
Review of high-frequency transducers, contralateral comparison, and advanced features such as tissue harmonics and 3-D imaging
Review compression technique for possible composition of underlying structures or defects
Questions and Answers

12:00PM–1:00PM

Lunch

1:00PM–3:00PM

Introduction to performing joint injections under ultrasound for large and small bursa areas and indications for treatment
Review of equipment selection for large as well as small/medium size bursa structures
Review of medications and biologics used in the treatment of joints, as well as pre- and post-treatment guidelines
Discussion on the efficacy of various modalities and other considerations for use of therapies, including intake forms, consents, and follow-up procedures

3:00PM–3:15PM

Break

3:15PM–5:00PM

Hands-On Training using MSK ultrasound transducers for various anatomical locations, including transducer placement and other scanning considerations
Use of anatomical models for palpation and needle placement for trigger points and joint injections to simulate and reproduce clinical experience in these injections
This hands-on training allows attendees to develop various techniques and confirm other standard of care considerations for patients

Link: https://www.empiremedicaltraining.com/pain-management-workshops/ultrasound-pain-management-training/