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“The POWER of POCUS”

Sign Up STAT! www.IVPOCUS.org 19-hours RACE-approved Continuing Education

Hyatt Regency on Barton Springs Road in Beautiful Downtown Austin, Texas

October 31-November 2, 2017 World-Renowned Speakers: IVPOCUS Will Feature Cutting-Edge Topics from the Experts that are Leaders in Practical Clinical Research and Have Nearly 50-years of Combined Experience Keynote Speaker: Nilam Soni, MD, Associate Clinical Professor, School of Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas and First Editor of the textbook Point-of-Care Ultrasound, that has been translated in 3 languages. Primary Guest Speakers:

• Soren Boysen, DVM, Dipl. ACVECC, Professor, University of Calgary

• Debra Canapp, DVM, CCRT, CVA Dipl. ACVSMR, Veterinary Orthopedic and Sports Medicine Group

• Teresa DeFrancesco, DVM, Dipl. ACVECC, Dipl. ACVIM (Cardiology), Professor, North Carolina State University

• Greg Lisciandro, DVM, Dipl. ABVP, Dipl. ACVECC, Co-owner Hill Country Veterinary Specialists and FASTVet.com and Editor of the textbook Focused Ultrasound Techniques for the Small Animal Practitioner, Wiley © 2014, translated in 5 languages

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1st International Veterinary Point-of-CareUltrasound Symposium (IVPOCUS)

Day 1 Preliminary Program - Tuesday, October 31, 2017

8-hours of RACE-approved Continuing Education

Morning Session: The AFAST Protocol & Its Target-organ Approach, The Power of the Abdominal Fluid Scoring System, Case-based Everyday Applications: Blunt & Penetrating Trauma, Non-trauma (shock, collapse), Post-in-terventional (post-op surgery, percutaneous procedures, laparoscopy, etc.).

Afternoon Session: The TFAST Protocol, The TFAST Approach for Accurately Diagnosing Pleural and Pericar-dial Effusion, Introduction to Lung Ultrasound: Pneumothorax, Introduction and Case-based Applications, and MSK: Introduction and Case-based Applications.

7:00-7:45 am Registration & Coffee & Light Continental Breakfast

7:45-8:00am Opening Remarks, Greg Lisciandro, DVM, President IVPOCUS

8:00-8:50 am POCUS Abdomen. The How To for Each of AFAST Views and Their Clinical Utility: Pearls, Pitfalls and Trip-You-Up Artifacts. G. Lisciandro and S. Boysen.

9:00-10:00 am POCUS Abdomen. The Power of the AFAST-applied Abdominal Fluid Scoring System for Decision Making (Medical vs. Surgical Intervention) in the Bleeding Patient. G. Lisciandro and S. Boysen.

10:00-10:30 am Break in Exhibit Hall: Coffee, Drinks and Light Snacks

10:30-11:20 am POCUS Abdomen. Practical, Everyday AFAST: Cased-based Applications that Improve Patient Care from GP to ER to Clinical Specialist. S. Boysen and G. Lisciandro.

11:30-12:20 pm POCUS Thorax. The TFAST Protocol for All Levels of Practice: The How To for Each of TFAST Views and Their Clinical Utility: Pearls, Pitfalls and Trip-You- Up Artifacts. G. Lisciandro and S. Boysen.

12:30-1:30 pm Lunch Provided to Attendees - A Word from our Sponsors

1:30-2:20 pm POCUS Thorax and Abdomen. Ultrasound-guided Procedures. S. Boysen.

2:30-3:20 pm POCUS Heart. Introduction to the Heart: Pearls and Tips on How the Non-Cardiologist Images the Heart for Left-, Right- and Contractility Problems - Part I. T. DeFrancesco.

3:30-4:00 pm Break in Exhibit Hall Coffee, Drinks and Light Snacks

4:00-4:50 pm POCUS Heart. Introduction to the Heart: Pearls and Tips on How the Non-Cardiologist Images the Heart for Left-, Right- and Contractility Problems - Part II. T. DeFrancesco.

5:00-5:50 pm POCUS MSK. Musculoskeletal Diagnostic Ultrasound as a Guide for Canine Rehabilitation. D. Canapp.

6:15-7:45 pm IVPOCUS Keynote & IVPOCUS Welcome Reception .org

DAY 2 Preliminary Program - Wednesday, November 1, 2017

8-hours of RACE-approved Continuing Education

Morning Session: MSK Ultrasound-guided Soft Tissue Procedures, Proactive Lung Ultrasound Vet BLUE Princi-ples and Case-based Examples in Common Canine and Feline Presentations.

Afternoon Session: POCUS Rapid Detection of Treatable Forms of Shock, and Cardiac Left Atrial Tears, Pulmo-nary Hypertension; and Monitoring Right- and Left-CHF, and General Practitioner and ER Roundtable and POCUS Speaker Roundtable Q&A.

7:00-7:45 am Coffee & Light Continental Breakfast

7:45 am Opening Remarks, Greg Lisciandro, DVM, President IVPOCUS

8:00-8:50 am POCUS MSK. Ultrasound-guided Injections for Soft Tissue Injuries. D. Canapp.

9:00-10:00 am POCUS Lung. Lung Ultrasound in Small Animals: The Vet BLUE Protocol: Canine & Feline Respiratory Distress. G. Lisciandro.

10:00 -10:30 am Break in Exhibit Hall Coffee, Drinks and Light Snacks

10:30-11:20 am POCUS Heart and Lung. How We Use Vet BLUE and TFAST to Monitor Inpatient and Outpatient Congestive Heart Failure Patients. T. Defrancesco, G. Lisciandro.

11:30-12:30 pm Keynote Speaker. Translation of Point-of-Care Ultrasound into Veterinary Medicine. N. Soni, MD.

12:30-1:30 pm Lunch Provided to Attendees - A Word from Our Sponsors

1:30-2:20 pm POCUS Lung and Heart. Use of the Global Approach for Diagnosing Traditionally Difficult Conditions from the ER and Cardiologist Perspective - Left Atrial Tears, Pulmonary Hypertension, PTE. T. DeFrancesco and G. Lisciandro.

2:30-3:20 pm POCUS Global Approach. Global FAST for Patient Monitoring and Detecting Treatable Forms of Shock STAT! G. Lisciandro

3:30-4:00 pm Break in Exhibit Hall Coffee, Drinks and Light Snacks

4:00-4:50 pm POCUS Roundtable. General Practitioner and ER Veterinarian Case Presentations & Roundtable - Life in the Real World – Optimizing POCUS Program for Success. Awesome Speakers TBA

5:00-5:50 pm POCUS Global Review. POCUS Abdomen, Thorax, Heart, Lung and MSK Roundtable with Audience Q&A. S. Boysen, D. Canapp, T. DeFrancesco, G. Lisciandro.

6:15-7:45 pm Inauguration of IVPOCUS Members, Recognitions and Awards, and Until We Meet Again Reception

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Day 3 Preliminary Program - Thursday, November 2, 2017

3-hours of RACE-approved Continuing Education

8:00-9:00 am Coffee & Light Continental Breakfast

9:00-11:45am Opening Remarks on Morning’s Program Demos & Limited Hands-on - POCUS Abdomen - POCUS Heart - POCUS Lung - POCUS MSK - Ultrasound-Guided Procedures

11:45 am Until We Meet Again & Closing Q&A

12:00 pm Present CE Certificates

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