Brief Description
This hands-on workshop introduces the EASy Protocol, a focused subcostal point-of-care ultrasound approach designed to support rapid decision-making during perioperative emergencies. Participants will learn how to use POCUS for pre-induction risk assessment, hemodynamic phenotyping in shock, ultrasound-supported resuscitation, and cardiac arrest management. Through lectures, live demonstrations, case-based pattern recognition, and simulation, learners will practice integrating ultrasound findings into real-time clinical decisions.
Learning Objectives
By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:
- Perform a focused EASy POCUS assessment using subcostal cardiac and IVC views to rapidly evaluate
perioperative patients before induction, during shock, and during resuscitation. - Recognize key hemodynamic phenotypes, including hypovolemia, ventricular dysfunction, right
ventricular strain, obstructive physiology, and distributive shock using the EASy framework. - Apply ultrasound findings to clinical management during perioperative emergencies,
includingpre-induction optimization, physiologically difficult airway management, sepsis resuscitation,
and cardiac arrest.
Workshop Format & Resources
- 4 rotating hands-on stations
- 6 trainees per station
- 4 live models
- 4 ultrasound machines
- 4 cardiac phased-array probes
- 1 High-fidelity SimMan simulation station (separate room in the afternoon session)
- Laminated EASy phenotypes cards
Workshop Director & Co-Directors
Prof. Nibras Bughrara
Professor of Anesthesiology and
Critical Care Medicine
Vice Chair of Education
Albany Medical College
Albany, New York, USA
Dr. Aliaksei Pustavoitau
Associate Professor,
Department of Anesthesiology and
Critical Care Medicine
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine,
Dr. Ahmed Reda Taha
Clinical Assistant Professor,
Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine,
Case Western Reserve University;
Cardiac Intensive Care-Institute of Critical Care
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, UAE
Workshop Faculty
Workshop Agenda
