General Practitioners
1 day
Ultrasound in Trauma (eFAST) Course
ASUM, ACEM, ACRRM, RACGP, ANZCA, CICM
Course highlights
- Extended Focused Assessment with Sonography in Trauma (eFAST)
- Detect free fluid, pleural and pericardial effusion, and pneumothorax
- Hands-on scanning with live patient models
- Learn key artefacts, false positives and negatives
- Build confidence in image acquisition and interpretation
- No prior ultrasound experience required
Course Dates
Description
The Extended Focused Assessment with Sonography in Trauma (eFAST) ultrasound course is a one-day, hands-on program for clinicians managing trauma and acute presentations. Originally developed to rapidly assess unstable trauma patients, eFAST is now one of the most widely used point-of-care ultrasound (PoCUS) techniques, with applications far beyond its original scope.
On this course you will:
- Detect free fluid in the abdominal cavity, pleural effusion, pericardial effusion, and pneumothorax
- Gain confidence in identifying the key abdominal and thoracic windows through supervised scanning on live patient models
- Understand common artefacts along with false positives and false negatives
- Apply safe ultrasound practices and recognise limitations in diagnosis
This eFAST ultrasound course requires no prior experience and provides the foundation to safely integrate eFAST into your clinical practice — as well as a strong base for progressing into advanced ultrasound training.
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Who should attend?
- Emergency Physician
- Gastroenterologist
- General Practitioner
- General Surgeon
- Geriatrician
- ICU Registrar
- Junior House Officer
- Nurse
- Nurse Practitioner
- Paediatrician
- Palliative Medicine Physician
- Paramedic
- Retrieval Medicine Physician
- Rural Generalist
- Senior House Officer
Objectives
The objectives of this eFAST ultrasound course are:
- Identify the parameters of safe application of ultrasound and its limitations in medical diagnosis;
- Identify the physical principles, artefacts and the steps for image optimisation while performing ultrasound;
- Practice hands-on ultrasound scanning skills required to maximise diagnostic ability in answering relevant clinical questions;
- Recognise the sonographic appearances of normal and abnormal structures required to answer common clinical questions;
- Perform eFAST ultrasound techniques;
- Acquire images obtained on normal adult patient models and phantoms;
- Interpret images from normal adult patient models;
- Recognise the variants and abnormalities from presentations and case-based learning;
- Document the ultrasound findings;
- Equip the learner with the foundation skills to begin to incorporate the ultrasound skills with the clinical situation to make appropriate management decisions.
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 |
Accreditation
ASUM
ASUM accredited training program. CCPU units included in the course:
- Extended Focused Abdominal Scan for Trauma (eFAST)
ACEM
Approved for Educational Activities 7.75 hours.
ACRRM
This course is approved for 9 total activity hours. PDP units: 9 Educational Activity. Grant eligibility: Emergency Medicine, Anaesthetics, Obstetrics, Surgery.
RACGP
CPD Approved Activity under RACGP 2023-25 CPD program. Approved for Educational Activities 2 hours, Reviewing Performance 6.5 hours, specific requirements diagnostic radiology, 1 days Anaesthetics, Obstetrics, Surgery and Emergency Medicine training grants. Provider Number 214288, Activity ID 402510.
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
Lectures – Category 2A, points per hour 1;
Demonstrations – Category 2B, points per hour 2;
Skills – Category 3B, points per hour
HOURS
| Theoretical | 1.75 |
| Practical | 4.75 |
| Total | 6.5 |
CATERING
Morning tea, a light lunch and refreshments are provided.