Description
This two day Core (Level 1) Emergency Ultrasound course based in Cambridge is aimed at doctors working in acute care setting.
The training addresses the knowledge and practical skills recommended by the Royal College of Emergency Medicine in the new curriculum 2021.
The course covers the topics outlined in the new curriculum including Abdominal Aorta, eFAST/FAFF, ELS and shock assessment, Pleural US, Vascular Assess- Central and Peripheral, Fascia Iliaca Compartment Block.
- The Level 1 emergency ultrasound training course covers all the topics in RCEM new curriculum
- The course is ideal for Emergency Physicians, Acute Physicians and Critical Care Physicians.
- This practical course is suitable for those new to the clinical applications of focused ultrasound as well as those with prior experience of ultrasound.
Day one – Online (23 May 2022)
Details of how to access the online part of the course will be emailed after you have booked your place.
- 09.30 – 9.35 Welcome and Introductions
- 09.35 – 9.45 Introduction to Focused Ultrasound
- 09.45 – 10.15 Physics and Instrumentation
- 10.20 – 10.45 Aorta scanning
- 10.45 – 11.00 Break
- 11.00 – 11.20 IVC
- 11.25– 11.50 Vascular Access
- 11.55 – 12.20 eFAST
- 12.20 – 13.00 Break
- 13.00 – 13.25 Chest scanning
- 13.30 – 13.55 Echo in life support
- 14.00 – 14.25 Break
- 14.15 – 14.30 Ultrasound in small bowel obstruction
- 14.30 – 14.45 Fascia Iliaca block
- 14.45 – 14.55 Close and plan for tomorrow
Day two – Practical (24 May 2022)
Venue for day two
To be confirmed. This page will be updated once venue is confirmed. You will also be notified in your course booking pack.
- 09:00-9:10 Introduction to the day
- 09:10-09:40 PRACTICAL / WORKSHOP 1 – INSTRUMENTATION & OPTIMISING THE IMAGE (30 MIN PER STATION)
- 09:40-09:50 Aorta Demo
- 09:50-10:00 IVC Demo
- 10:00-10:10 Vascular Access Demo
- 10:10-12:30 PRATICAL / WORKSHOP 2 – AORTA, IVC, VASCULAR ACCESS, FASCIA ILIACA BLOCK
- 12:30-13:10 Lunch
- 13:10-13;30 Lecture – Shock Protocols (Adding things together in an unwell patient)
- 13:30-13:40 ECHO Demo
- 13:40-13:50 FAST Demo
- 13:50-14:00 Thoracic Demo
- 14:00-16:45 PRACTICAL / WORKSHOP 3 –CARDIAC VIEWS, ELS, CHEST, FAST
- 16.45 – 16:55 Credentialing and closure
* Times subject to change
Faculty
Dr Richard Kendall
FRCEM, CFEU
Consultant Emergency Medicine
Addenbrooke’s Hospital
Rajeev Madan
FRCEM, MD Radiology (India)
Consultant Emergency Medicine
Addenbrookes Hospital
The faculty consists of Emergency Medicine Consultants and Sonographers with over 10 years of Emergency Ultrasound experience between them and experience delivering emergency courses.
