Move beyond the basics and build your confidence to perform and interpret cardiac ultrasound. Master your spatial reasoning skills to get the best image possible for diagnosis in our cardiac ultrasound course.
Objectives
On completion of this three-day clinically focused cardiac ultrasound course, learners will:
- Use ultrasound system controls to optimise imaging for accurate diagnosis
- Develop proficiency in probe manipulation to efficiently acquire diagnostic images
- Describe the limitations and clinical integration of focused ultrasound in rapid cardiac assessment
- Use a systematic approach to conduct cardiac ultrasound assessment of a shocked or arrested patient
- Use ultrasound to assess the patient’s fluid status, global function and identify major cause of heart failure
CME recognition
Features
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Modules (total)
6
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Skill level
Intermediate
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Duration (days)
3
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Lectures (hours)
7.25
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Scan time (hours)
12.75
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Clinician
Yes
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Zedu redo
Yes
Class times
Day 1: 0830 – 1700
Day 2: 0900 – 1700
Day 3: 0900 – 1700
Modules
Image optimisation – interactive practical session
- Explore system controls
- Understand the impact of optimisation on the image
- Presets, frequency, depth, focus and gain
- How to label the image
- How to store and review images
Basic Echo in Life Support
- Anatomy of the heart in 3D – an interactive practical
- The 4 basic sonographic views of the heart
- LV and RV function
- Tamponade and PE
- Sepsis and hypovolaemia
- Volume status
- Limitations and pitfalls
- Techniques to improve imaging
- The role of cardiac ultrasound in advanced life support
- Clinical utility and application
- Case vignettes
Scanning, scanning and more scanning of real people
2D image optimisation and troubleshooting
- Cardiac windows
- PLAX, PSAX, AP4, SC4 error correction and troubleshooting
- Hone 2D image acquisition
- Image review
Scanning, scanning and more scanning of real people
Lung
- The artifacts of lung ultrasound – A lines and B lines
- Pneumothorax, absence of lung sliding, lung point
- Pulmonary oedema
- Pleural effusions
- Pneumonia
- Pulmonary consolidation and fibrosis
- Breathless and febrile patient
- Use of M-Mode
- Lung ultrasound protocols and the role it plays in advanced life support
- Limitations and pitfalls
- Clinical utility and application
- Case vignettes
Scanning, scanning and more scanning of real people
CME details
ACEM | Approved for 23.0 ACEM CPD hours
ASUM | CCPU Accredited Units: Basic Echocardiography in Life Support, Rapid Cardiac Echocardiography
CICM | This activity has CICM CPD Accreditation for Category 2B: Active or Interactive Small Group Learning – 2 points per hour | 1A Passive Self Learning – one point per hour | 2A Passive Group Learning – one point per hour
A great training course is only the beginning of your ultrasound learning journey
To help you master ultrasound and lasting change from training we engage you from the outset
Before your course:
There are pre course activities & access to preparatory learning resources to maximise your in-class experience
During your course:
- Short, sharp information sessions to provide foundational knowledge and clinical context
- Lots of hands-on practical sessions with real people to scan (including for TV and obstetric scans). Our standardised patients models vary in age, size, shape and mobility to make the transition to clinical reality easier.
- Case studies led by practising clinicians to demonstrate clinical utility
- A variety of different machines to learn on
- At the conclusion of your course we’ll lead you to create a skills development action plan, creating a pathway that you can use to apply your newly acquired skills, promote clinical integration and ultimately reach your final objective – ultrasound competency
After your course:
The learning continues
- We encourage self-directed learning in the workplace with structured active learning plans
- A great selection of free access online medical ultrasound (FoamUS) learning resources
- You can subscribe to the weekly wrap – a weekly curation of ultrasound related hot tips and journal articles
- Be a part of our community of clever – Join our peer support network with our monthly “Coaching Corner” sessions. Send in your questions, join the live online meeting and have your questions answered.
The Zedu Redo – our commitment to you
We encourage you to refresh your training with us by taking up the opportunity to return within 12 months and do a complimentary redo of this course at no cost (subject to availability)
More Ways Zedu Can support your ultrasound skills development:
- Image review – details here
- Follow-up coaching with our Zedu coaches
- Coaching corner – monthly webinar
