ultrasound – Western Sono https://westernsono.ca Point-of-care Ultrasound Education at Western University Tue, 14 May 2019 17:53:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://westernsono.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/c90104301c740bea7dfc9daaf58cb6ef_400x400-66x66.jpeg ultrasound – Western Sono https://westernsono.ca 32 32 Emergency Medicine : Intro Course 2018 https://westernsono.ca/ed-ultrasound-course/emintro2018/ Thu, 10 May 2018 00:35:58 +0000 https://westernsono.ca/?p=12695

The Division of EM is once again pleased to host its annual course “Introduction to ED Point of Care Ultrasound”

Date: July 5th, 2018.

Target Audience:

Course content is aimed at practitioners who are beginning their pathway to competence in point of care ultrasound.

This course will emphasize fundamental techniques in image acquisition and interpretation of 7 applications of point of care ultrasound in the ED.

Topics covered will include:

  • Presence of intra-peritoneal fluid? (Yes/No)
  • Presence of abdominal aortic aneurysm? (Yes/No)
  • Presence of pericardial fluid? (Yes/No)
  • Presence of cardiac activity during arrest? (Yes/No)
  • Presence of pneumothorax (Yes/No)
  • Presence of a pleural effusion (Yes/No)
  • Presence of an intra-uterine pregnancy? (Yes/No)

This course will feature an outstanding faculty to learner ratio for hands-on sessions as well as innovative image interpretation sessions.  These small group sessions emphasize image interpretation skills and serve as intimate venues to reinforce clinical integration pathways.

The course director is Dr. Heather Hames. Bedside instructors will include faculty from within the Division of EM’s experienced group of point of care sonographers.

More Information:

If you have interest in attending as a participant please contact us via email at [email protected] (please include Emergency Course in the subject line).

Last years course filled up quickly so please contact us if interested!

]]> Canadian Resuscitative Ultrasound Course – Registration OPEN! https://westernsono.ca/uncategorized/canadian-resuscitative-ultrasound-course-registration-open/ Fri, 24 Feb 2017 15:18:43 +0000 https://westernsono.ca/?p=2410 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.

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