Core Ultrasound Intensive Care (CUSIC) course 20th November 2017

Target audience: Trainees and consultant in intensive care medicine.

Faculty: Murray Blackstock, Rosie Baruah, Michael Gillies, Stuart McLellan – Consultants in Critical Care,NHS Lothian, Edinburgh.

Course organiser: Dr R Baruah

 

This course is aimed at trainees, consultants and advanced practitioners in intensive care, acute and emergency medicine.

CUSIC is accredited by the Intensive Care Society and provides a structured training pathway for training in lung, abdominal and vascular point of care ultrasound.

The Edinburgh CUSIC Course is a one day course which will provide you with the theoretical knowledge needed for CUSIC accreditation. You will split the day between lectures and small group scanning sessions on normal subjects. 

CUSIC training pathway further information

Programme
Time Codes in parentheses refer to RCoA CPD Matrix
08:45 Registration and coffee
09:00 Introduction - CUSIC syllabus and accreditation
09:15 Physics and knobology (1A03, 1F03, 3C00)
09:45 LECTURE: Lung US – pneumothorax, effusion, consolidation and AIS (1A03, 2C01, 2C04, 3C00)
10:45 Coffee
11:15 SCANNING: Lung US (1A03, 2C01, 2C04, 3C00)
12:15 LECTURE: Abdominal US and lung bases (1A03,  2C01, 2C04, 3C00)
13:00 Lunch
13:45 SCANNING: abdominal US and lung bases (1A03, 2C01, 2C04, 3C00)
14:45 LECTURE: Vascular US and needling techniques (1A03, 2C01, 2D03, 2C04, 3C00)
15:15 SCANNING: Vascular US and needling techniques (1A03, 2C01, 2D04, 2C04, 3C00)
15:45 Coffee
16:00 SCANNING: CUSIC scanning and the BLUE protocol  (1A03, 2C01, 2C04, 3C00)
16:45 Clips and Cases session
17:15 Questions/summary/feedback
17:30 Close

 

Course fees £180

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