Critical Care
5 days
Intermediate Echo Course
ACEM, ACRRM, RACGP, ANZCA, CICM
Course highlights
- Advance your point-of-care echocardiography skills with in-depth training
- Perform Doppler-based haemodynamic assessments with precision
- Assess ventricular function, RWMA, and valvular pathology in clinical practice
- Apply echocardiography in shock, fluid status, and cardiac arrest management
- Refine image acquisition and interpretation through intensive hands-on scanning
- Strengthen clinical decision-making with expert-led case discussions
Course Dates
Description
Designed for healthcare professionals seeking to advance their point-of-care echocardiography expertise, this five-day intensive Intermediate Echo course builds upon foundational skills, focusing on advanced imaging techniques, haemodynamic assessment, and real-world clinical applications. Whether you work in emergency medicine, critical care, anaesthesia, or cardiology, this hands-on program provides the expertise needed to confidently assess and interpret complex cardiac conditions.
What you’ll learn
- Advanced Point-of-Care Imaging Techniques – Master 2D imaging, M-mode, Tissue Doppler Imaging (TDI), Pulsed and Continuous Wave Doppler (PWD & CWD), and Colour Flow Imaging (CFI).
- Ventricular Function & Wall Motion – Accurately assess left and right ventricular function, including global and regional wall motion abnormalities (RWMA).
- Valvular Assessment – Evaluate mitral, aortic, tricuspid, and pulmonary valve function and identify common pathologies at the bedside.
- Haemodynamic Calculations – Apply key bedside assessments, including stroke volume (SV), cardiac output (CO), cardiac index (CI), and pulmonary artery pressures (RVSP, SPAP, mPAP, DPAP).
- Fluid Responsiveness & Shock Management – Perform real-time fluid tolerance assessments in ventilated and spontaneously breathing patients.
- Critical Care & Emergency Applications – Utilise point-of-care echocardiography in shock management, cardiac arrest scenarios, and congenital heart disease assessment.
Real-world applications
- Enhance your ability to diagnose and monitor complex cardiac conditions using point of care ultrasound.
- Support clinical decision-making in emergency, ICU, and perioperative settings.
- Improve patient outcomes by integrating advanced echocardiographic assessments into routine practice.
- Develop the confidence to perform and interpret echocardiograms independently in high-stakes environments.
Before booking, please review the prerequisites to ensure this course aligns with your experience level.
Who should attend?
- Emergency Medicine Physician
- Emergency Medicine Consultant
- Emergency Medicine Trainee
- Rural Generalist
- Rural Medicine Physician
- Intensivist
- Intensive Care Consultant
- Intensive Care Trainee
- Anaesthetist
- Anaesthesia Trainee
- Cardiology Trainee
- Basic Physician Trainee
Objectives
By completing this intermediate echo ultrasound course, participants will:
- Apply continuity and Bernoulli equations, perform advanced Doppler techniques (PWD, CWD, CFI, TDI), and calculate SV, CO, CI, and pulmonary pressures (RVSP, SPAP, mPAP, DPAP).
- Identify diastolic dysfunction and assess its clinical impact using echocardiographic parameters.
- Evaluate global LV/RV function and detect regional wall motion abnormalities using the 17-segment model.
- Assess mitral, aortic, tricuspid, and pulmonary valve function and recognise key pathologies.
- Differentiate cardiogenic vs. obstructive shock, assess fluid responsiveness, and integrate diastolic function into fluid management.
- Perform focused scans during resuscitation to identify reversible causes.
- Recognise common adult congenital anomalies (BAV, ASD, VSD, PFO, LSVC).
- Apply knowledge through supervised scanning and case-based learning on haemodynamics, shock, fluid status, and cardiac emergencies.
Meet the Faculty
Dr Andras Nyikovics
MD FCICM GradCertCritCareEcho (University of Queensland)
CCEeXAM® Testamur (National Board of Echocardiography, USA)
Senior Intensive Care Specialist
Mater Health Brisbane
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Anne Pacey
AMS Cardiac (Hons) (QUT)
General Ultrasound (QUT)
Vascular DMU (ASUM 2002)
Bachelor of Radiation Science (Medical Imaging) (Charles Sturt University)
Certificate in Education (Online, Distance & Open Learning) (Charles Sturt University)
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Prerequisites
This course assumes prior knowledge of echocardiography. The basics of echocardiography will NOT be covered in this course.
Participants MUST:
- Have completed a basic echocardiography course (e.g., Basic Echo, Critical Care Echo, Diagnostic Critical Care, RCE or similar.)
- Have performed at least 30 focused echo scans.
- Be confident in acquiring the following views:
- Parasternal long axis of LV
- Parasternal short axis of mitral valve
- Apical five-chamber view
- Subcostal long axis of IVC
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 |
Accreditation
ACEM
Pending.
ACRRM
Pending.
RACGP
Pending.
ANZCA
Participants in the ANZCA and FPM CPD program may claim this course under the Knowledge and Skills activity short format learning at 2 credits per hour.
CICM
Lectures – Category 2A, points per hour 1;
Demonstrations – Category 2B, points per hour 2;
Skills – Category 3B, points per hour 3.
HOURS
| Theoretical | 16.5 |
| Practical | 14 |
| Total | 30.5 |
CATERING
Morning tea, a light lunch and refreshments are provided each day.