Heartwaves
Where sound becomes diagnosis, see the heart, save the patient.
This video begins with the foundation: the normal heart. Through a structured, view by view approach, you will gain spatial mastery of the essential transthoracic echocardiographic windows including:
The Fundamentals: Parasternal long axis, Parasternal short axis, Apical four chamber, Apical two chamber, Subcostal views.
Fluid Management: Commanding the IVC view.
Each image is meticulously deconstructed to highlight normal anatomy, spatial orientation, and probe positioning. The goal is simple yet powerful: know normal so precisely that abnormal becomes unmistakable. From there, the video transitions into what matters most in acute care - recognizing life threatening pathology in real time.
Designed for new acute care clinicians, hospitalists, and nurse practitioners, Heartwaves builds the essential skill of integrating ultrasound into real time medical judgement. Because in acute care, seeing clearly changes everything.
Holly Gaines, MD
Cardiovascular Disease