For Emergency, Acute and Intensive Care Medicine Physicians. An advanced and practical course focused on the use of Ultrasound in the assessment of critically ill patients designed for Acute Physicians, Anaesthetists, Intensivists and Emergency Physicians on Thursday 16 and Friday 17 June 2016 [Fully booked! Next dates to be released ASAP] at the Events Centre, Health Education England, Stewart House, 32 Russell Square, London WC1B 5DN
Course fee:
£495 (inc VAT) for the two days
Course fee does not include accommodation. Certificate of attendance will be issued.
Programme Director
Prof Tim Harris
BM BS BMed Sci Dip O&G Dip Imme Care FACEM FFAEM
Consultant Emergency Physician, Barts Health NHS Trust
Full course programme
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About the Course:
Based on RCEM guidance for Level 2 ultrasound practice in emergency medicine Suitable for Consultants, SASGs and ST who are experienced in the use of USS and/or have done the Level 1 USS Course
Features Practical Sessions with live demos with models
Offers an opportunity for delegates to practice on a variety of widely used and state-of-the-art machines
each delegate with a USS logbook – your training file – plus copies of the lecture slides and other materials relevant to Level 2 requirements
Course objectives
Aims to help you become competent in the basic skills required to achieve Level 2 accreditation in USS for EM.
The programme has been revised in the light of feedback from attendees You will learn and practise USS techniques in:
- Procedural US
- MSK
- Thoracic US
- Venous Duplex Scanning
- Regional Blocks
- Early Pregnancy
- Renal Hepatic/Biliary
- Focused ECHO
It is suitable for Consultants, SASGs and STs who are experienced in the use of USS and/or have done the Level 1 USS Course
It features Practical Sessions with live demos with models and patients (condition allowing)
It includes interactive, focused lectures, with extensive use of real-life screenshots and video clips, and clinical scenarios to help integrate USS into your clinical practice
It offers an opportunity for delegates to practise on a variety of widely used and state-of-the-art machines