Introduction to Emergency Medicine Ultrasound – 3 Day POCUS Course (AAA, Lung, BELS) 
 
MODULES: AAA, LUNG, BELS
 
DESCRIPTION
 
The Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM) now supports all trainees to understand and perform a range of simple bedside ultrasound scans. The Introductory PoCUS-EM 3 day (Option A) course teaches you how to use an ultrasound machine to identify the most important of the life threatening illnesses.
 
This course is designed to take complete novices[, or those wanting a refresh, through the basics of machine familiarisation, probe manipulation, and normal anatomy.  We teach simple protocols to identify dangerous aortic aneurysms, major heart and common lung pathologies.
 
Short courses start your credentialing and journey to competence. However, competence requires extensive practice - but with this course you will know what, how and where to start. You will be able to recognise ultrasound anatomy and interpret other people’s images.
 
CONTENT
 
We combine short lectures, short demonstrations and lengthy practical scanning of healthy volunteers, using tutor-student ratios of no more than 1:4. We will use case-based discussions to teach interpretation and integration into clinical situations.
 
This 3 day course will include the following modules.
	
Ultrasound Physics and Machine optimisation
	
AAA - normal anatomy and significant pathology
	
LUNG - Basic Lung ultrasound in the breathless patient
	
BELS - Focused (Basic) Echo in Life support / cardiac arrest scenarios
 
OBJECTIVES
 
The learning objectives for the student doing the three-day course include:
	
Define the indications and views needed for each protocol.
	
Recognise and obtain good quality images for each protocol on (relatively) healthy volunteers with a variety of body habitus.
	
Understand the implementation of each protocol using case-based quizzes.
	
Recognise pathology within the context of a clinical scenario.
	
Discuss clinical decision making in the light of the information obtained.
	
Synthesise three tools to model multi-system scanning, with the aim of improving patient care.
 
ACCREDITATION & APPROVALS
 
ACEM | Course 015 is approved for 23 Continuing Professional Development (CPD) hours as complying with ACEM standards and policies.
 
ACRRM | This course is approved for 23 total activity hours. PDP units: 12 Performance Review, 8 Educational Activity. MOPS points: 6, 24. Grant eligibility: Emergency Medicine, Anaesthetics, Obstetrics, Surgery.
 
ASUM | Accredited CCPU units included in the course:
	
Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA)
	
Basic Echocardiography in Life Support (BELS)
	
Lung
 
RACGP | This course is an RACGP CPD Accredited Activity 40 CPD Program points in 2020-22 Triennium. RACGP ID 238174.
 
LOCATION
Gold Coast Office
2 Miami Key
Broadbeach Waters, QLD 4218