Emergency Medicine (Basic)
3 days
Point of Care Ultrasound (PoCUS) Refresher Course
ASUM, ACEM, ACRRM, RACGP, ANZCA, CICM
Course highlights
- Image acquisition
- Image optimisation
- AAA scanning
- eFAST scanning
- Early pregnancy scanning
- Vascular access
- Cardiac ultrasound
Description
Run over three days, this emergency point of care ultrasound course will re-ignite your confidence in clinical ultrasound. With 14 hours of hands-on practical tuition on real patient models of varying degrees of difficulty, this course will improve your understanding and use of ultrasound to answer clinical questions and acquire better images.
This course has been specifically designed to address the needs of practitioners who have previous ultrasound experience, but feel the need for review.
Who should attend?
- Emergency Physician
- Junior House Officer
- Nurse
- Nurse Practitioner
- Paediatrician
- Paramedic
- Retrieval Medicine Physician
- Rural Generalist
- Senior House Officer
Objectives
The objective of this emergency point of care ultrasound course is to improve your exisiting scanning and problem solving skills, in order to make sound clinical decisions.Â
Prerequisites
The prior ultrasound experience assumed for this course is highlighted below.
| None/Minimal | Don’t use ultrasound |
| Limited | Use ultrasound weekly/monthly |
| Moderate/Experienced | Use ultrasound daily/weekly |
This course is suitable for clinicians who have previously completed a basic course (even if it was years ago), and have had reasonable levels of hands-on experience. It is NOT suitable for those with NO previous training.
Accreditation
ASUM
ASUMCCPU units included in the course:
- Extended Focused Abdominal Scan for Trauma (eFAST)
- Basic Early Pregnancy
ACEM
ACEMCourse 043 is approved for 22.5 Continuing Professional Development (CPD) hours as complying with ACEM standards and policies.
ACRRM
ACRRMThis course is approved for 21 total activity hours. PDP units: 15 Educational Activity. Grant eligibility: Emergency Medicine, Anaesthetics, Obstetrics, Surgery.
RACGP
RACGPCPD Approved Activity under RACGP 2023-25 CPD program. Approved for Educational Activities 3.5 hours, Reviewing Performance 17 hours, specific requirements diagnostic radiology, 3 days Anaesthetics, Obstetrics, Surgery and Emergency Medicine training grants. Provider Number 214288, Activity ID 439459.
ANZCA
Participants in the ANZCA and FPM CPD program may claim this this course under the Knowledge and Skills activity short format learning at 2 credits per hour.
CICM
CICMLectures – Category 2A, points per hour 1;
Demonstrations – Category 2B, points per hour 2;
Skills – Category 3B, points per hour 3.
HOURS
| Theoretical | 2.5 |
| Practical | 15.5 |
| Total | 18 |
CATERING
Morning tea, a light lunch and refreshments are provided each day.