Advanced
Emergency Medicine Ultrasound - 3 day course
AU$2100
including GST
ACEM MOPS approval
- 28 points
Advanced Emergency Medicine
Ultrasound (AEMU) courses will be delivered with a focus on
practical sessions
The AEMU course is designed for
candidates who have previously completed an introductory ultrasound
course and who wish to extend their scanning skills.
The AEMU course is overseen by
Dr. Jack Spencer and Dr.
Adam Bystrzycki, consultant emergency physicians.
Course objectives
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To further extend and increase confidence in practical
scanning skills
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Consolidate knowledge of right upper quadrant ultrasound
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Provide an introduction to DVT ultrasound and scanning
technique
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Provide a revision of ultrasound guided needle techniques
including an introduction to peripheral nerve blocks
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Provide scanning skills in transabdominal assessment
of 1st trimester pregnancy
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Provide scanning skills in identifying acute male and
female pelvic emergencie - e.g. ovarian torsion and acute
scrotum
Course dates 2010
Ultrasound Equipment is sponsored by:
| Advanced
Emergency Medicine Program |
| Day 1 |
Revision of knobology, image optimisation
RUQ ultrasound – clinical algorithms, sonographic
appearances and technique
Practical session – kidneys and bladder
Practical session – liver and
gallbladder
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| Day 2 |
Doppler ultrasound
– introduction to basic physics of Doppler and
knobology
DVT ultrasound – sonographic appearances and technique
Nerve ultrasound – sonographic appearances and
technique
Practical session – DVT ultrasound
Practical session –
vascular access using ultrasound phantoms
Practical session – peripheral
nerve anatomy
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| Day 3 |
1st trimester
ultrasound – sonographic appearances and transabdominal
scanning technique
Acute pelvic pathology – female
(e.g. ovarian torsion) and male (acute scrotum)
Practical session – pelvic scanning
and 1st trimester scanning
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