This course lectures, trains & provides ample supervised practice opportunities to optimally utilise basic point of care emergency ultrasound in everyday clinical practice.
| Course Date(s): | 02 June 2012 (Core Module – Level 1: for the inexperienced provider) |
| Course Duration: | 1 Day – 8am to 5pm |
| Course Venue: | Skills Laboratory, Teaching Block, Stellenbosch University Medical School |
| Clinical Director(s): | Melanie Stander |
| Logistics Coordinator: | Fatima Saban | fatima.saban@uct.ac.za | 021 406 6330 |
| Course Price in ZAR: | R 1 950 (Core Module) |
| Certification Received: | Stellenbosch University |
Brief Course Overview
Practical hands on course where after the students will be trained in the following
- Recognizing basic ultrasound anatomy
- Understanding basic physics and practical use of the ultrasound machine (knobology)
- Conjuring the appropriate ultrasound images applicable to the curriculum
- Applying the ultrasound findings to the correct decision and treatment protocols
Who should attend this course?
Medical doctors of all levels and specialties (surgeons, anaesthetists, orthopaedic surgeons, emergency medicine physicians, general physicians, paediatricians, general and family medicine practitioners, remote medical doctors & paramedics). Anyone who is interested in using point of care ultrasound in his or her clinical practice.
Why should someone attend this course?
Will provide you with the critical skills to use basic point of care emergency ultrasound in your clinical practice.
This course forms part (and should be successfully completed) of the formal Emergency Ultrasound training programme as certified by College of Emergency Medicine of South Africa
Detailed Course Outline
- Physics and Instrumentation (Practical session – getting an image)
- Extended FAST – Free Fluid & Pneumothorax
- Aorta
- Echo in Life Support (ELS; FEER; FEEL) – Cardiac Views & IVC view
- Venous Ultrasound – Vascular Access & DVT
Clinical Director Profile
Dr Melanie Stander is an Emergency Medicine Physician looking after emergency care in the Metro East division and works for the Division of Emergency Medicine, University of Cape Town and Stellenbosch University. She has a special interest in emergency ultrasound and procedural sedation.
