All health care practitioners wanting to learn the basic skills of point of care ultrasound and start their PoCUS journey, especially those practicing medicine in emergency settings.

Please book and pay at: https://bookings.emssa.org.za/basic-epocus-course/

Price: R3500

Dates: 

• 23 May
• 28 May

Course Information

The core ePoCUS curriculum focuses on ultrasound skills that are deemed essential for all health care providers working in an emergency setting or dealing with emergencies on a regular basis , and includes 7 core modules and applications to be covered in the course:

1. Module 1: Introduction and Principles of PoCUS
2. Module 2: Image Acquisition and Optimisation
3. Module 3: The extended Focused Assessment with Sonar in Trauma (eFAST)
4. Module 4: Basic Lung Ultrasound Assessment
5. Module 5: Aorta Ultrasound Assessment
6. Module 6: Basic Cardiac Ultrasound assessment including Limited Compression ultrasound for DVT
7. Module 7: Ultrasound guided vascular access

All the course content and the theoretical components of the course will be presented online.

The focus on the day of the course will be on bedside, hands on practical ultrasound training, using a variety of ultrasound machines and ultrasound patient models.

A group of highly experienced PoCUS providers will be there to guide you and help gain your confidence as you begin your ePoCUS journey.