Get information about Adult Echocardiography

Echocardiographers use special equipment to make images of the chambers of the heart and related large blood vessels. This equipment uses sound which is bounced off these structures; the resulting echoes are used to construct a computer generated image. Experts can view these images and use them to identify deformities or abnormalities such as narrowing of the arteries or heart chamber enlargement.

This is a comprehensive course that takes the beginner and prepares them for clinical practice in Echocardiography. This course covers all aspects of modern Echocardiography in classroom and clinical settings under the guidance and supervision of a qualified Sonographer. The course introduces the Ultrasound of Physics and Instrumentation along with an in-depth instruction in Recognition and Evaluation of Cardiac Pathology. Exceptional lectures on Transesophageal, Stress, and Interventional Echocardiography are also part of this training program.

Course will include proper scanning protocols and techniques of 2D, M-mode, and Doppler cardiac examination. This program focuses on the structure and function of the heart, covers anatomy of the heart and the relation of the heart to thoracic structures, relates the structure of the heart muscle cell or myocyte to its electrical and mechanical properties, relates mechanical events of the cycle to electrical events and to the pressure and volume changes in the heart chambers, covers structure and function of the blood vessels as components of the circulatory system. Also, circulatory physiology and integration of functions of the heart, blood and vessels. Includes discussions of the respiratory and urinary systems as they influence, and are influenced by, the circulation.

Echocardiography students are constantly updated to the modern developments in this field through the studies of Videos, DVD's and simulations on computers, such as 3D, TEE, Contrast Echocardiography so that they can keep their skills to the modern trends in imaging.

This course prepares you for the following certification exams:

• RCS: Registered Cardiac Sonographer (Cardiovascular Credentialing International)
• RDCS: Registered Diagnostic Cardiac Sonographer (American Registry for Diagnostic Medical Sonography)

For Certification eligibility, please contact CCI and/or ARDMS

On successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

• Perform a full range of adult echocardiography procedures
• Develop skills in performing electrocardiograms used in physician's offices and hospitals
• Perform diagnostic echocardiography for patients with cardiac dysfunction
• Perform echocardiographic examinations, procedures and tests.
• cardiac imaging modalities such as M-mode, two-dimensional, doppler, color flow, transesophageal and stress echoes
• Obtain diagnostic recordings of cardiac ultrasound images and doppler hemodynamic data
• Perform quantitative analyses of the echocardiographic studies to produce written reports
• Perform ECG applications

check out our Healthcare Labs

We have just finished a very exciting upgrade to our facilities, and that is the addition of Healthcare Labs. Students can now enjoy of the exclusivity, which is not offered at any other institution, of a dedicated lab for Ultrasound scanning, EKG, Phlebotomy, and more to come. Our Labs are located at both our Oak Brook and Chicago location, and are available to students during the School's hours of operation.

We Have:

• New GE Logiq Pro 5 Ultrasound
• Acuson 128/XP Ultrasound