Courses – Western Sono

A Decade of Ultrasound: CRUS 2019

Derek Wu — Fri, 30 Aug 2019 23:03:20 +0000

This year marked the 10th anniverary for the annual Canadian Resuscitative Ultrasound (CRUS) Course at Western University. Hosted at the sophisticated CSTAR (Canadian Surgical Technologies & Advanced Robotics) facility, the CRUS course drew trainees from across Canada to teach concepts in point-of-care ultrasound for use in the acutely ill patients typically seen in the ICU, the ED or OR. Participants engaged in didactic and hands-on sessions, with emphasis on image acquisition, image interpretation and clinical integration. There was a particular emphasis on cardiac and respiratory failure, as well as vascular access.

Participants enjoyed a 2:1 learner to faculty teaching ratio for hands-on scanning sessions and large group clinical case studies to put their new found skills into contex. We also ran high-fidelity simulation cases with state-of-the-art equipment that incorporated point-of-care ultrasound in real-time decision making in an undifferentiated, acutely ill patient. Please see below for some pictures from the course!

Emergency Medicine Courses : ‘Introduction to POCUS’ & ‘Introduction to Extended Applications’ Ring in the 2017 Academic Year

EmergGuy — Wed, 12 Jul 2017 11:19:27 +0000

The Division of Emergency Medicine 2017-2018 academic year has kicked off with our annual educational showcase in POCUS. With 32 participants from across Canada, including undergraduates from several institutions, resident trainees in EM, Peds EM and Vascular Surgery, as well as local community physicians, the day was bound to be great. Concentrating on the fundamental applications, and this year’s addition of thoracic POCUS, attendees experienced a flipped classroom and a 2:1 participant:instructor ratio allowing maximal probe time for all.

This year also marked our inaugural ‘Introduction to Extended Applications in POCUS’ for local Faculty and incoming resident trainees. Featuring bedside scanning and image interpretation sessions, participants stepped into the realm of POCUS applications for DVT, gallbladder, renal, extended cardiac and thoracic assessments. All will follow up this educational day with a one-month rotation in the ED honing their skills with clinically based scans in these applications.

A huge thank you to our dedicated @emergencylondon instructors, our amazing POCUS Faculty for all of their content development and delivery, the organizing and leadership prowess of Dr. Heather Hames, the support staff at CSTAR, vendor support from Sonosite and Phillips, and of course all of our volunteer models. The team effort made this an awesome educational event for all.

We are already looking forward to next year!

Canadian Resuscitative Ultrasound Course – Registration OPEN!

arntfield — Fri, 24 Feb 2017 15:18:43 +0000

The 8th Annual Canadian Resuscitative Ultrasound Course is now OPEN for registration.

www.resus.us

The 2 day course (with the option of a 3rd half-day) is being held on August 16th, 17th (and 18th) 2017 at the sophisticated CSTAR facility at University Hospital in London, Ontario. This is the biggest and most comprehensive course of its kind offered in Canada. It is ideal for any clinician involved in resuscitation, such as intensivists, emergency physicians, anesthesiologists or internists.

In the core 2-day course, we emphasize resuscitative ultrasound in the following domains:

-critical care echocardiography
-lung and pleural ultrasound
-abdominal free fluid
-ultrasound guided vascular access (central, peripheral and arterial lines)
-DVT

For those who wish to stay for the 3rd day, a half-day ultrasound enriched simulation experience run by our local sim experts.

NEW this year – we have a new “retention” package that is looking to help those physicians working without much ultrasound mentorship to retain their skills after the course through regular video conference sessions for the year following our course. Be sure to check out all the different registration options on our course website.

2016 Canadian Resuscitative Ultrasound Course – A Resounding Success

arntfield — Fri, 26 Aug 2016 19:59:27 +0000

With 72 learners, 25 faculty and 2.5 days of high intensity, resuscitative ultrasound training, the 2016 CRUS course outdid itself even this year. In addition to the usual features of the course like a flipped classroom curriculum (eliminating lectures altogether), 5 hours a day of practical training and a 2:1 learner to trainer bedside ratio, this course offered a new general simulation station (ultrasound integrated, of course), star studded local, national and international faculty and a showcase of the newest and most innovative ultrasound techniques and equipment. Also, this year, lunchtime Kahoot sessions and an optional third day was added to address the growing interest in learning advanced echocardiographic techniques to be applied at the point-of-care were exciting additions to our program.

A huge thank you to all those learners, faculty, vendors and staff (esp the CSTAR staff and Rebecca Rondinelli) for making this a memorable experience!

This scale of course can only happen once a year so mark your calendars for the 2017 course which will take place on August 17 and 18 2017. Keep tabs on this website for announcements or, if you would like to be emailed when course registration for 2017 opens, please email Tammy Mills at [email protected]

For some snaps of the course this year, see our gallery below.

A Scanning Extravaganza at the Emergency Medicine POCUS Course 2016

EmergGuy — Fri, 08 Jul 2016 15:29:19 +0000

The 2016 iteration of the Emergency Medicine – Introduction to POCUS Course was another resounding success. With 30 amazing participants ranging from resident trainees in EM, Peds EM and Vascular surgery, community physicians and undergraduate students from across Canada, the day was bound to to be great. Concentrating on the fundamental applications, a flipped classroom and a 2:1 participant:instructor ratio allowed maximal probe time for all participants.

A huge thank you to our dedicated @emergencylondon instructors, the organizing and leadership prowess of Dr. Heather Hames and Dr. Grant Coome, the support staff at CSTAR, vendor support from Sonosite and Phillips, and of course all of our volunteer models. The team effort made this an awesome educational event for all.

We are already looking forward to next year!

EM POCUS @westernsono

Canadian Resuscitative Ultrasound Course 2016

arntfield — Wed, 27 Jan 2016 20:44:30 +0000

The 7th annual Canadian Resuscitative Ultrasound Course (formerly Critical Care Ultrasound Course) is now open for registration!

(download the brochure for the course here)

The 2 day course (with the option of a 3rd half-day) is being held on August 18th, 19th (and 20th) 2016 at the sophisticated CSTAR facility at University Hospital in London, Ontario. This is the biggest and most comprehensive course of its kind offered in Canada. It is ideal for any clinician involved in resuscitation, such as intensivists, emergency physicians, anesthesiologists or internists.

In the core 2-day course, we emphasize resuscitative ultrasound in the following domains:

-critical care echocardiography
-lung and pleural ultrasound
-abdominal free fluid
-ultrasound guided vascular access (central, peripheral and arterial lines)
-DVT

For those who wish to stay for the 3rd day, a half-day workshop will focus on more advanced echocardiographic techniques including:

-determination of stroke volume
-quantitative right sided assessment
-valvular assessmentBrochure for ccus 2016 Final
-goal directed TEE

Images from last year’s course:

The course is designed to maximize time spent engaged in practical skills like scanning or practicing image interpretation:

-exceptional participant to faculty ratio of 2:1 for bedside scanning instruction
-lecture content made available online for self-study before course (available at least 8 weeks ahead of course)
-on day of course: very brief lectures with live demonstration reviewing contents from pre-course lectures
-Sono-social the first night of the course with dinner and live music!

Along with our talented local faculty, guest faculty this year include Drs:

Paul Mayo (Northwell University, NYC)
Bret Nelson (Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, NYC)
Seth Koenig (Northwell University NYC)
Vicki Noble (Harvard University, Boston)
Scott Millington (University of Ottawa)
Brian Buchanan (University of Alberta)
Aws Alherbish (University of Alberta)

To register and for more details please go to this link: http://www.cvent.com/d/9fq0hg

The brochure for the course can be found here

Contact [email protected] with any questions.

Energized Participants and Expert Faculty Make CCUS 2015 Another Winner

arntfield — Mon, 31 Aug 2015 01:21:29 +0000

Critical Care Western’s highly successful, annual critical care ultrasound course was held on August 20th and 21st 2015. The 6th iteration of the course offered a record-breaking 72 participants the opportunity to be trained in the application of critical care ultrasound and critical care echocardiography. Using a flipped classroom approach, where 5 hours of lecture content is given ahead of time (online), the course offers 10 hours of practical training in image acquisition and interpretation.

See pictures from the course here.

An additional highlight of the course this year was the live stream of an in vivo critical care echocardiogram from Montreal. Highlighting a new software program called Reacts, this session was able to bring our audience of 100 faculty and particpants to the bedside in an ICU to interpret real time, echo images. Simply outstanding.

Clips here recorded from Reacts (poor audio from our London end due to being in an auditorium)

A review of the basic cardiac views and 3D perspectives using “assets” in the Reacts platform:

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBKsrdVsWiU]
Echopalooza with real time critical care echo in Montreal streaming to our participants in London:

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijQwixej_G8]
Interested in next year’s course? It will be August 18, 19 2016. Please email Tammy at [email protected] to express your interest and to reserve a spot. The course is full every year with a wait list so don’t wait!

2015 Critical Care Ultrasound Course – Open for Registration

arntfield — Tue, 07 Apr 2015 14:50:40 +0000

The 6th annual Western University Critical Care Ultrasound Course is now open for registration!

The brochure for the course can be found here CCUS 2015

The 2 day course, directed by Dr. Rob Arntfield, is being held on August 20th and Aug 21st, 2015 at University Hospital in London, Ontario and is the biggest, most comprehensive course of its kind offered in Canada. It is ideal for any clinician involved in resuscitation, such as intensivists, emergency physicians, general internists and anesthesiologists.

The course emphasizes resuscitative ultrasound in the following domains:

-critical care echocardiography
-lung and pleural ultrasound
-abdominal free fluid
-ultrasound guided vascular access (central, peripheral – incl PICC lines, arterial)
-DVT

See images from last year’s course here.

The course is designed to maximize time spent engaged in practical skills like scanning or practicing image interpretation:

-exceptional participant to faculty ratio of 2:1 for bedside scanning instruction
-lecture content made available online for self-study before course (available 4 weeks ahead of course)
-on day of course: very brief lectures with live demonstration reviewing contents from pre-course lectures
-Sono-social the first night of the course with dinner and live music!

Along with our talented local faculty, guest faculty this year include Drs. Bret Nelson (Mt Sinai, NYC), Pierre Kory (U of Wisonsin) and Scott Millington (U of Ottawa).

To register and for more details please go to this link: http://www.cvent.com/d/k4qtc2

The brochure for the course can be found here CCUS 2015

Contact [email protected] with any questions.

2015 Critical Care Ultrasound Course – Registration Now Open

arntfield — Mon, 23 Mar 2015 18:45:51 +0000

The 2015 Critical Care Ultrasound Course will be offered August 20-21, 2015.

This annual course is offered as the official course of our Critical Care training program and is attended by all critical care fellows. Further, it will be the most comprehensive course offered in the country for the intensivist or resuscitative physician who seeks to acquired fundamental skills in the assessment of:

-Thoracic and lung ultrasound
-Vascular access, including peripheral veins and arteries
-Assessment for DVT
-Critical Care Echocardiography including assessment of LV function, RV, pericardium, valves and IVC.

The course will be directed by Robert Arntfield.

Additional faculty, agenda and brochure will be announced closer to the course but for a sense of what is in store for you, see the images from the 2014 course.

If you have interest in attending this course please email [email protected] who will be able to notify you when registration for this course opens early in 2015.

CCUS 2014: Biggest, best ultrasound course of its kind in Canada

arntfield — Sun, 24 Aug 2014 02:53:47 +0000

As far as critical care and resuscitative ultrasound courses go – this is the most state of the art, progressive and star-studded faculty-loaded course of its kind in Canada and, dare we say, North America. 2 full days of critical care ultrasound with a flipped classroom format, minimal lecture time and, for those short lectures we did include, high tech 3 screen display. The course also included a live session from Montreal demonstrating critical care echo, “in vivo” in the ICU environment on a real patient.

Some images of the course are below. A tremendous achievement for the faculty, for the WesternSono program and a really excellent demonstration of the sophistication and organizational abilities of CSTAR – the hosting facility and personnel in the University Hospital teaching space.

Stay tuned for CCUS 2015: August 20th and 21st 2015 here in London.