Ultrasound for Intensive Care - 3 day course

AU$2100 including GST

CICM SSLC 6 Code 612; CME - 40 points; QA - 40 points

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ULTRASOUND FOR INTENSIVE CARE (USIC) courses will be delivered in 1/3 theory and 2/3 practical sessions

The UTS USIC courses are designed for intensivists with little or no prior ultrasound experience.

The USIC course is overseen by Dr. Andrew Hilton, consultant intensivist.

Due to overwhelming participant feedback, the Ultrasound for Intensive Care courses have been extended in 2010 to incoporate more practical scanning time.

Course objectives

At the conclusion of this course you will be able to:

• Understand the physical principles and artifacts of ultrasound

• Understand basic Doppler physics principles and Doppler artifacts

• Gain experience in navigating the ultrasound system and its features

• Demonstrate proficiency in performing and interpreting basic bedside ultrasound scans

• Understand practical applications and limitations of abdominal and pleural fluid collection assesment

• Demonstrate basic practical proficiency in vascular access through experience gained through the use of ultrasound phantoms

• Understand key concepts of haemodynamic assessment in the ICU

• Gain a basic understanding of cardiac ultrasound principles

• Gain skills in basic haemodynamic assessment and colour Doppler

Ultrasound for Intensive Care Program

Day 1

Introduction to basic physics and instrumentation, basic Doppler physics, ultrasound artifacts and probe manipulation

Practical sessions - knobology, artifacts, probe manipulation and image optimisation

Fluid collection asssessment - sonographic appearances and sonographic technique

Procedural applications

Practical sessions - fluid collection assessment

Day 2

Vascular Access

Assessment of DVT

Practical sessions - fluid collection assessment revision, assessment of DVT, identification of arteries and veins, vascular access using ultrasound phantoms

Day 3

Haemodynamic assessment in the ICU

Basic cardiac scanning, clinical algorithms, sonographic appearances and sonographic technique

Practical session - basic cardiac scanning

UTS Course Information

UTS Course Calendar

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Introductory Ultrasound for Pregnancy Assessment

Advanced Emergency Medicine Ultrasound

Start-up Ultrasound Workshop in FAST

Ultrasound for Intensive Care

Introductory Ultrasound for Anaesthetists

Emergency Ultrasound for Rural and Remote Medicine

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