UK

EVENT 1 - SONO UK: Festival of Point of Care Ultrasound - Emergency Medicine Core (Level 1)

Online registration is now closed. You can register on site from 8:00am. Please note there is only 1 place available on this event.

The event starts on the morning of Thursday 26th April, concluding by late afternoon on Friday 27th. This allows for two full days of ultrasound education and hands-on practice for delegates. There is a social programme for the evening of the 26th which will provide a great opportunity for delegates, machine providers and faculty to meet and network, as well as relax.

There will be five concurrent two-day courses running during the event; each accommodating 16 delegates, with a designated course director and experienced faculty. There is a maximum of four delegates to one machine/faculty to ensure that everyone gets plenty of scanning practical. We expect there will be a minimum of 25 ultrasound systems in use during the event and have planned for a high proportion of scanning time.

The courses we will be running are all two-day as listed below:
- Event 1: Emergency Medicine Core (level 1);
- Event 2: Emergency Medicine Enhanced (level 2);
- Event 3: Focused Intensive Care Echo & Ultrasound in Intensive Care (FICE/CUSIC);
- Event 4: Ultrasound-Guided Nerve Blocks;
- Event 5: Focused Ultrasound for Acute Medicine (FAMUS)

Emergency Medicine Core (level 1)

OVERVIEW
This established and popular two-day course covers the curriculum requirements for Core ultrasound (formerly level 1) and more for the Royal College of Emergency Medicine.

CONTENT
- Introduction to physics of ultrasound;
- Focused assessment with sonography in trauma (FAST)/focused assessment for free fluid (FAFF)
- Ultrasound evaluation of the abdominal aorta for aneurysm (AAA);
- Echocardiography evaluation in life support (ELS);
- Ultrasound-guided vascular access (USVA);
- Basic ultrasound of the chest;
- Introduction to ultrasound in the shocked patient;
- Good governance and how to progress after the course.