PRE-COURSE: ULTRASOUND ADVANCED

Saturday 7 September: 08:30 - 18:00
Sunday 8 September: 08:30 - 12:30

Course Directors

  • Gian Alfonso Cibinel (Italy)
  • James Connolly (UK)
  • Mike Lambert (USA)

Faculty 

  • Rip Gangahar, UK
  • Adela Golea, Romania
  • Robert Jarman, UK
  • Hein Lamprecht, South Africa
  • Jean-François Lanctôt, Canada
  • Christofer Muhr, Sweden
  • Gregor Prosen, Slovenia
  • Vincent Rietveld, The Netherlands
  • Maxime Valois, Canada
  • Joseph P. Wood, USA

Participants

30 physicians in 6 groups.
Requirements: english speaking participants, basic US experience and/or previous participation in a basic emergency US course, ALS/ACLS/ATLS certification recommended.

Course description

2-days emergency ultrasound advanced course: lectures, organ based hands-on practice, simulated clinical scenarios.

Learning objectives

 
  • Technique: advanced US approach to head, neck, limbs, chest, heart, abdomen
  • Recognition of advanced US syndromes
  • US enhanced advanced management of critical syndromes: cardiac arrest, shock, respiratory failure, acute abdomen, coma
  • Technique: advanced US approach to head, neck, limbs, chest, heart, abdomen
  • Recognition of advanced US syndromes
  • US enhanced advanced management of critical syndromes: cardiac arrest, shock, respiratory failure, acute abdomen, coma

Schedule

DAY 1
 
08:30 GREETINGS AND REGISTRATION. INTRODUCTION
08:45 EuSEM US education in perspective
09:00 ABC US-enhanced assessment of ABCDE
09:45 COFFEE BREAK
10:00 STATIONS: morning rotation on stations A to F for the 6 groups
A – Head & neck 
B – Lung
C – Heart
D – Abdomen
E – MSK
F – Procedures 
13:00 LUNCH BREAK
14:00 STATIONS: afternoon rotation on stations A to F for the 6 groups
A – Head & neck 
B – Lung 
C – Heart
D – Abdomen
E – MSK
F – Procedures
17:00 Meet the experts
17:30 Faculty meeting
   
DAY 2  
08:00 US-enhanced cardiac arrest algorithms
08:20 US-enhanced periarrest algorithms
09:00 STATIONS
A – Cardiac arrest
B – Cardiac arrest
C – B-Failure (also in trauma) & procedures
D – B-Failure (also in trauma) & procedures
E – C-Failure (also in trauma) & procedures
F – C-Failure (also in trauma) & procedures
12:00 END OF PRE-COURSE 

Directors

Dr Robert Leach
Dr Robert Leach
President
Dr Jim Connolly
Dr Jim Connolly
Immediate Past President
Dr Niccolo Parri
Dr Niccolo Parri
VICE- President
Dr Diana Cimpoesu
Dr Diana Cimpoesu
HONORARY Treasurer

 

Dr Tatjana Rajkovic
Dr Tatjana Rajkovic
Honorary Secretary

The Board of Directors may co-opt

Dr Jan Stroobants
Dr Jan Stroobants
Chairperson of the Professional committee
Dr Zsolt Bognar
Dr Zsolt Bognar
Chairperson of the Paediatric Branch
Dr Effie Polyzogopoulou
Dr Effie Polyzogopoulou
Chairperson of Ultrasound Committee
Dr Anna Spiteri
Dr Anna Spiteri
Co-Chair of EMERGE
 
Dr Ashraf Butt
Dr Ashraf Butt
Co-Chair of EMERGE
 
Dr Ruth Brown
Dr Ruth Brown
Chairperson of Education Committee
Prof Marc Sabbe
Prof Marc Sabbe
Chairperson of fellowship committee
Dr James van Oppen
Dr James van Oppen
Chairperson of the Geriatric section
Prof Ari Palomäki
Prof Ari Palomäki
Chairperson of the Research Committee
Prof Mehmet Karamercan
Prof Mehmet Karamercan
Chairperson of the Research Network
Dr Eric Revue
Dr Eric Revue
chairperson of the Pre-Hospital section
Prof Itai Shavit
Prof Itai Shavit
Chairperson of the Paediatric branch
Dr Steve Photiou
Dr Steve Photiou
Chairperson of the Disaster Medicine Section
Dr Kurt Anseeuw
Dr Kurt Anseeuw
Chairperson of the toxicology section
Prof Yonathan Freund
Prof Yonathan Freund
EDITOR IN CHIEF OF THE EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE
Dr Youri Yordanov
Dr Youri Yordanov
CHAIRPERSON OF THE EUSEM CONGRESS ORGANISING COMMITTEE
Dr Canberk Meseli
Chairperson of the YEMD Section