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Course towards Level 1 College of Emergency Medicine Accreditation
in USS Level 1 Accreditation and Beyond
 The London Emergency Medicine Ultrasound Course
A practical course on the use of Ultrasound in the assessment of critically ill patients designed for Acute Physicians, Anaesthetists, Intensivists and Emergency Physicians
organised in partnership with Infomed Research and Training, on Tuesday 11 and
Wednesday 12 December 2007, at The Postgraduate Education Centre, London Chest Hospital

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Programme Director:

  • Dr Tim Harris BM BS BMed Sci Dip O&G Dip Imme Care FACEM FFAEM
    Consultant Emergency Physician, Royal London Hospital

Programme Advisors:

  • Dr Tim Fotheringham MBBS FRCR FRCS,
    Consultant Radiologist, Royal London Hospital

  • Dr Clare Bent,
    SpR in Radiology, Barts and the London NHS Trust, London

The Faculty includes:

  • Dr Susan Rowe, Consultant Radiologist, Homerton University Hospital, London

  • Dr Paul Atkinson, Consultant in Emergency Medicine, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge

  • Dr Syed Masud, SpR in Emergency Medicine, Royal London Hospital

  • Dr Alistair Billington, Research Fellow in Emergency Medicine and Intensive Care, Royal London Hospital

  • Dr Romila Bahl, Consultant in Emergency Medicine, University College Hospital

  • Ms Ciara Hoban, Gynaecological Ultrasonographer

  • Ms Jude Driver, Clinical Ultrasound Manager, Homerton University Hospital

  • Ms Tamara Suaris, SpR in Radiology, Royal London Hospital

  • Ms Leisha de Cruz, Ultrasonographer, Royal London Hospital

This course..

  • Gives you an Introduction to Emergency USS based on CEM Curriculum – Emergency Medicine Ultrasound (EMUS)

  • Takes you beyond Level 1

  • Is suitable for Consultants, Middle Grades, Registrars and SHOs

  • Includes interactive, focused lectures, with extensive use of real-life screenshots and video clips

  • Features immediate post-lecture Practical Sessions with live demos with models and patients (condition allowing)

  • Offers an opportunity for delegates to practice on a variety of widely used and state-of-the-art machines

  • Provides each delegate with a USS logbook – your training file – plus a course folder and CD-ROM with copies of the lecture slides and information about Level 1 requirements

  

What attendees said about the event

What attracted you most to this event?

  • Learning how to use scanners properly

  • Need to learn how to use emergency ultrasound

  • Comprehensive, hands on

  • The need to learn vascular/chest US

  • Use US for central access

  • The need to be trained properly in the use of US

  • USS is a CEM requirement

  • Ultrasound in EM situation

  • Line insertion via US

  • The need to use US in my practice and the knowledge

  • Relevance to practice

  • Want to begin using ultrasound in high dependency unit

  • The chance to practice in a hands on course

  • Faculty and location

  • Location, faculty, content

What three things did you like most about the event?

  • Very much - hands on - the most important aspect of the course. Very approachable faculty. Short lectures.

  • Working lunch - have time to do more practice, excellent first lecture

  • Hands on, availability of faculty for Q&A

  • Good talks by faculty, practical sessions

  • Time on U/S machines. Use of scan. Some lectures high quality.

  • Motivation of speakers, friendly atmosphere, high standard

  • Kept to time mostly, chance to use different machines

  • Practical hands on, models with real problems, short lectures

  • Different machines, large no of faculty, lots of practical

  • Welcoming tutors, working lunch, able to go back and use machines

  • Fast, lots of hands on sessions

  • Lots of ultrasound practice, knowledgeable faculty

  • Practical experience very valuable, good mix of lectures, very practical

  • Hands on experience, friendly atmosphere, lots of time to gain experience

  • Good interspacing of practical/lecture sessions. Helpful and informative faculty. Food. Able to see several machines.

  • Presentations, practical sessions

  • To know about different USS machines, lectures followed by hands on, eat and learn together

  • Friendly approachable faculty

  • More practice and chance to revise yesterday, chance to use machines

  • Line insertion practical, FB practical, lunch

  • Good amount of time for practical sessions. Useful interactive informal learning experience.

What impact will this event have on your future?

  • It will have a great impact on my future

  • Put together a business case for more ultrasound machines

  • More US on our HDU for sick patients

  • Better skills for USS in critical care

  • Will be able to start practical training

  • Will try to use US in daily practice in EM

  • A large impact. I intend to aim for level 2 accreditation.

  • Ability to definitely use this in practice in the future

  • ECHO in ICU - here we come!

  • Stimulated interest in using US for variety of clinical settings

  • Hopefully improve my practical skills, perform safer line insertion

  • Will allow me to use US within the ED

  • To work more efficiently in EMD

  • Big. Eventual use of U/S helps in ITU. More confident to gain more practice.

  • I will try to use US as part of my practice.

  • A very big impact, more confidence in trauma FAST and line insertion.

Faculty, Topics and Workshops

  • Ultrasound in Emergency Medicine
    Dr Tim Harris, Consultant in Emergency Medicine, Royal London Hospital

  • The physics of Ultrasound
    Dr Tim Fotheringham, Consultant Radiologist, Royal London Hospital

  • Ultrasound Machines: Costs, Choices and Developing a Business Case
    Dr Syed Masud, SpR in Emergency Medicine, Barts and the London NHS Trust, London

  • Practical Session A - How to set up machines, knobology and USS techniques
    Facilitated by Dr Tim Fotheringham, Consultant Radiologist, Royal London Hospital

  • Practical Session B - FAST and Pneumothorax
    Facilitated by Dr Paul Atkinson, Consultant in Emergency Medicine, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge

  • Practical Session C - AAA
    Facilitated by Dr Susan Rowe, Consultant Radiologist, Homerton University Hospital

  • Practical Session D - Peri-Arrest Scenarios
    Facilitated by Dr Alistair Billington, Research Fellow in Emergency Medicine and Intensive Care, Royal London Hospital

  • Practical Session E - Vascular Access
    Facilitated by Dr Alistair Billington, Research Fellow in Emergency Medicine and Intensive Care, Royal London Hospital

  • Practical Session F - Liver, Gall Bladder and Renal USS
    Facilitated by Dr Susan Rowe, Consultant Radiologist, Homerton University Hospital, London

  • Practical Session G - Soft Tissue USS and DVT
    Facilitated by Dr Clare Bent, SpR in Radiology, Barts and the London NHS Trust, London

  • Illustrated Lecture - An introduction to Gynaecological USS
    Ms Ciara Hoban, Gynaecological Ultrasonographer