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Shor???t courses
Emergency point-of-care ultrasound
Target group: Any healthcare provider (doctors, nurses, prehospital personnel), no previous ultrasound training neededOverall aim of the course
- ?To provide foundational theoretical knowledge and psychomotor skills for emergency point-of-care ultrasound users
- To understand the basic principles and terminology of ultrasound physics
- To comprehend the basic characteristics of the ultrasound equipment
- To comprehend and identify the most common ultrasound artifacts
- To develop proficiency in obtaining optimised ultrasound images
- To correctly perform and interpret appropriately indicated emergency point-of-care ultrasound:
- Extended focused assessment with sonography in trauma (eFAST)
- Basic lung ultrasound
- Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) assessment
- Focused emergency echocardiography
- Deep venous thrombosis (DVT) assessment by limited compression ultrasound
- Central venous access with ultrasound guidance
- Focused Assessment with Sonography for HIV-associated tuberculosis (FASH)
- Basic renal ultrasound.
For more information contact Dr N van Hoving (nvhoving@sun.ac.za?)
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