Windows To The Heart: Focused Cardiac Ultrasound Workshop (Jun, 2018)
In-Person Event
Jun 30 - Jul 01, 2018
Melbourne, Victoria, AUSpeakers
OVERVIEW
Windows To The Heart: Focused Cardiac Ultrasound Workshop is organized by Cardiac Skills Australia and will be held during Jun 30 - Jul 01, 2018 at LifeHealthcare VIC, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
The target audience for this medical event is medical specialists who perform point of care ultrasound, including emergency physicians, intensivists, anaesthetists, rural GPs and cardiology trainees.
Course Description:
This two-day basic bedside echocardiography workshop is designed to assist point of care and other specialists, using a step-by-step approach within an intimate group setting. Our focus on a hands on, practical approach means delegates will walk away being able to confidently perform a basic echocardiography exam confidentally.
Topics:
• Echo Applications - Echo Acoustic Windows & Image Orientation
• Valvular Assessment
• LV/RV Function & Filling Status
• Haemodynamic Assessment & Calculations
• Basic Echo in Life Support
• Rapid Cardiac Echo
• Echo Features of Cardiac Pathologies - Pericardial Disease
• Cardiac Tamponade
• AMI
• Aortic Dissection
• Shock
• Pulmonary Embolus
• Pneumothorax
Conference Objectives are :
• To appreciate heart anatomy
• Understand acoustic windows and imaging planes used in echo
• Outline common pathologies associated with the heart
• Describe how echo is used to measure cardiac output, stoke volume, ejection fraction, aortic valve area etc.
• Appreciate echo as a tool to assess left and right systolic function
• Understand echo image orientation
• Understand the basic principles of Doppler haemodynamics
• Provide delegates with tutor assisted 'hands-on' echo practice
• Appreciate normal values in an echo examination
• Understand the limitations of the Doppler technique
• Understand the components of a focused echo examination
• Outline the role of echo in life support
• Appreciate the use of rapid cardiac echo in the critically ill
• Identify common ultrasound artifacts
Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.
The target audience for this medical event is medical specialists who perform point of care ultrasound, including emergency physicians, intensivists, anaesthetists, rural GPs and cardiology trainees.
Course Description:
This two-day basic bedside echocardiography workshop is designed to assist point of care and other specialists, using a step-by-step approach within an intimate group setting. Our focus on a hands on, practical approach means delegates will walk away being able to confidently perform a basic echocardiography exam confidentally.
Topics:
• Echo Applications - Echo Acoustic Windows & Image Orientation
• Valvular Assessment
• LV/RV Function & Filling Status
• Haemodynamic Assessment & Calculations
• Basic Echo in Life Support
• Rapid Cardiac Echo
• Echo Features of Cardiac Pathologies - Pericardial Disease
• Cardiac Tamponade
• AMI
• Aortic Dissection
• Shock
• Pulmonary Embolus
• Pneumothorax
Conference Objectives are :
• To appreciate heart anatomy
• Understand acoustic windows and imaging planes used in echo
• Outline common pathologies associated with the heart
• Describe how echo is used to measure cardiac output, stoke volume, ejection fraction, aortic valve area etc.
• Appreciate echo as a tool to assess left and right systolic function
• Understand echo image orientation
• Understand the basic principles of Doppler haemodynamics
• Provide delegates with tutor assisted 'hands-on' echo practice
• Appreciate normal values in an echo examination
• Understand the limitations of the Doppler technique
• Understand the components of a focused echo examination
• Outline the role of echo in life support
• Appreciate the use of rapid cardiac echo in the critically ill
• Identify common ultrasound artifacts
Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.
KEY DATES
30 Jun, 2018
Event Start Date
01 Jul, 2018
Event End Date
SPECIALITIES
EchocardiographySUGGESTED HOTELS
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