Pre-course: Ultrasound advanced

Saturday 10 October 8:30-17:30
Sunday 11 October 8:30-12:15

 


Course Director

Gian A. Cibinel (Italy)

Co-Director

Melanie Stander (South Africa)

Faculty

Ammar Alani (UK), Andrea Bribani (Italy), Hani Hariri (Saudi Arabia), Bob Jarman (UK), Mike Lambert (USA), Peiman Nazerian (Italy), Joseph Osterwalder (Switzerland), Nils Oveland (Norway), Farooq Pasha (Saudi Arabia), Grazia Portale (Italy), Tomas Villen (Spain), Maurizio Zanobetti (Italy)

Participants

60 physicians in 12 groups.

Requirements: basic US experience and/or previous participation in a basic emergency US course, ALS/ACLS/ATLS certification recommended.

Learning Objectives

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

Schedule

DAY 1    
08:30 Introduction  Gian Cibinel (Italy)
08:45 Critical US  
09:00 Basic vs advanced critical US – ABCD vs. head to toe  
09:45 Coffee break  
10:00 All participants will rotate on the following stations:  
 
  • Head & neck
  • Lung
  • Heart 1
  • Heart 2
  • Abdomen
  • MSK
 
 13:00  Lunch  
 14:00  All participants will rotate on the following stations:  
 
  • Head & neck
  • Lung
  • Heart 1
  • Heart 2
  • Abdomen
  • MSK
 
17:00   US-enhanced cardiac arrest & periarrest algorithms  
     
DAY 2    
08:30 US-enhanced procedures  
09:00 All participants will rotate on the following stations:  
 
  • Cardiac arrest
  • B-failure (also in trauma) & procedures
  • C-failure (also in trauma) & procedures
 
12:00 EuSEM US education in perspective  
12:15 End of pre-course