Practical skills for urgent care
Overview
This half-day course covers a range of practical uses for point of care ultrasound. It is targetted at Urgent Care providers and Clinical Nurse Specialists/Nurse Practitioners working in the Emergency Department.
It is also well suited to junior doctors who wish to enhance their range of practical skills with point of care ultrasound.
No prior experience in the use of ultrasound is required to attend this course.
Educational Outcomes / Content
This course currently covers the following topics:
Identification and aspiration of joint effusions
Fracture assessment and reduction
Cellulitis vs abcesses
Foreign body identification/removal
Bladder volumes/catheter balloon location check
Following an introduction to knobology and basic ultrasound physics, the emphasis is on practical information. There will be plenty of time for hands-on scanning in small groups, each with an experienced tutor.
We will have volunteers available for scanning ‘normals’ and phantoms to demonstrate pathology and practice the practical aspects of the procedures.
This course is able to be tailored to specific groups. Please contact us if there are modules you wish to cover that are not currently included.
Faculty
Experienced Emergency Physicians with formal qualifications in ultrasound
Sonographers with musculoskeletal ultrasound experience.
Venue and Date
TBA. Nov 2024 course cancelled due to lack of participants.