Description
This course covers the new RCEM curriculum
This two day Point of care Emergency Ultrasound (Level1) 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.
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.
Pre-Course
Pre-recorded DVT ultrasound and Fascia iliaca lectures.
Day one – Online (16 October 2023)
Details of how to access this online day will be emailed to you two weeks before the course starts.
- 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 – 11.25 IVC
- 11.30– 11.55 Vascular Access
- 12.00– 12.25 eFAST/FAFF scan
- 12.25 – 13.10 Break
- 13.10 – 13.45 Chest scanning
- 13.50– 14.25 Echo in life support
- 14.25– 14.40 Break
- 14.45– 15.05 Renal Ultrasound for hydronephrosis
- 14.50 – 15:10 Q and A for Fascia Iliaca blocks and DVT scan
- 15:10–15:30 Cases
- 1530-15:40- Close and plan for practical day
Day two – Practical (17 October 2023)
Venue for day two
Cambridge Belfry Hotel
Back lane Great Cambourne
CB236BW
To be confirmed
- 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, DVT
- 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
- 14:00-16:50 PRACTICAL / WORKSHOP 3 –CARDIAC VIEWS, ELS, LUNG, eFAST, Renal
- 16.50 – 17.00 Credentialing and closure
* Times subject to change
