This new addition to the RMH ICU academic calendar is an exciting course aimed at those with a foundation in critical care TTE, who are wishing to take their scanning skills and interpretation to the next level.
This follows on from the RMH/St Vincent’s Critical Care TTE Foundation Course.
This is intended for those who have done at least 50 TTEs, can acquire most images with fluency except in difficult-to-scan patients, can do fundamental measurements of chamber size, regularly use colour flow and PW/CW in their assessment, but wish to build upon their foundation.
Over 2 days, we will run a workshop taught by critical care echo experts, cardiologists and ultrasonographers, that aims to add to your ability to assess more complex pathology and make important diagnoses in the critical care setting.
Content will include:
- Further integrated asssessment of LV systolic function
- Anatomical and functional assessment of mitral and aortic valve pathology
- Diastology and lung scanning in ICU
- Fluid responsiveness
- Pericardial disease- restrictive, constrictive disease, and pericardial effusion/tamponade assessment
- Integrated right ventricular assessment
- Essentials of congenital heart disease for critical care
- Newer technologies (eg strain, 3D ) and their applicability to critical care
For the first time in our courses, to guarantee the presence of important pathologies, we will integrate the use of virtual reality (VR) headsets for part of the workshop for short scanning sessions. Other components of the course will include short lectures, cased-based discussions, scanning of cardiology outpatients and ICU inpatients (depending on pathology).
A 10% discount is offered to the first 5 tickets bought (offer expires 30 Sep)- use code RMHSTV.
The course is limited to 10 participants to ensure the quality of teaching.
To learn more and book now, please visit this link.