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The North East
Thames
3rd Emergency and Critical Care
ECHO
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For specialists in Acute Medicine, Emergency Medicine,
Critical Care and Anaesthesia.
organised by Barts and The London NHS Trust in partnership with
Infomed Research and Training,
on Monday 11 January 2010
at Conference Centre, Russell
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Event Fully Booked -
Next Course
released for Wednesday 30 June 2010
Programme Director:
Dr Tim Harris BM BS BMed Sci Dip
O&G
Dip Imme Care FACEM FFAEM
Consultant Emergency Physician,
Royal London Hospital
The Faculty includes:
Dr Pat O’Callahan, Consultant
Cardiologist,
Barts and The London NHS Trust
Dr Ceri Davies, Consultant
Cardiologist,
Barts and The London NHS Trust
Dr Chris Critoph, SpR Cardiologist,
Heart Hospital, London
Dr Mo Thavasothy, Consultant in
Intensive
Care Medicine, Royal London Hospital
Dr Valentina Puntmann, Hon Clinical
Research Fellow, Imperial College, London
Dr Nicola Jones, SpR in Cardiology,
Royal Brompton Hospital
Dr Stefanie Robert, Consultant, Royal
London Hospital
About the Course:
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For doctors with US basic knowledge and some
practical experience
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Using ECHO in the assessment of the acutely
unwell patient:
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learn how to use cardiac ultrasound to
perform a limited ECHO and provide reliable information in specific
areas including left ventricular function, identifying pericardial
effusions/tamponade, identifying valvular dysfunction and assessing
right ventricular pressure overload
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Using limited ECHO as a useful adjuvant in
rapidly assessing patients in cardiac arrest
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Practical sessions:
Click here to see the delegate feedback from the last
ECHO Course
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This one day course is aimed at all doctors who are involved in the
assessment of acutely unwell patients and as such is aimed at
trainees/specialists in Critical Care, Anaesthesia, Acute Medicine and
Emergency Medicine. Echocardiography is a valuable investigation in
acutely unwell patients providing information on the structural
integrity and performance of the heart. It takes many years to develop a
full skill set and provide comprehensive diagnostic information.
However, there is good evidence that a short period of training allows
the non cardiologist to use cardiac ultrasound to perform a limited ECHO
and provide reliable information in specific areas including left
ventricular function, identifying pericardial effusions/tamponade,
identifying valvular dysfunction and assessing right ventricular
pressure overload (massive and submassive pulmonary embolism) (Jackson
2000, Mandavia 2001, Moore 2002, Ranazzo 2003). Clinical evaluation of
the prevailing haemodynamic process in shocked patients has been shown
to be unreliable (Boldt 1994) and may be supplemented by ECHO (Randazzo
2003). Limited ECHO has also been shown to be a useful adjuvant in
rapidly assessing patients in cardiac arrest providing information on
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PDF copy of the Course programme:
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This course concentrates on providing non cardiologists with basic
skills to assist in the assessment and resuscitation of acutely unwell
patients. It is best suited to those who have some basic knowledge of
ultrasound techniques. All candidates should read through the lecture
and try to visit their echocardiography (or ultrasound) departments
prior to the course to maximise learning.
The objectives of the day are for the candidates to be able to perform
the following:
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Basic ECHO windows – subcostal, PSSA,
PSLA, apical 4 chamber
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Assess LV function and grading the
performance as hyperdynamic, normal, moderately impairmed or
severely impaired; measure wall thickness and chamber size
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Identify pericardial and pleural
effusions
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Observe aortic and mitral valve motion
and identify gross stenosis (no grading) and use Doppler to identify
significant regurgitation (not quantify)
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Gross assessment of RV pressure – volume
overload – RV:LV ratio > 1 (apical view), IVC plethora (>22mm,
respiratory variation) and RV wall thickness
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Course equipment and
technical support provided by:
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For further information please call
+44 (0)20 8123 0021 or
email. |
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