Division of Emergency Medicine
Teaching & learning
Short courses
Emergency point-of-care ultrasound
Target group: Any healthcare provider (doctors, nurses, prehospital personnel), no previous ultrasound training needed
Overall aim of the course
- To provide foundational theoretical knowledge and psychomotor skills for emergency point-of-care ultrasound users
Educational outcomes of the course:
- To understand the basic principles and terminology of ultrasound physics
- To comprehend the basic characteristics of the ultrasound equipment
- To comprehend and identify the most common ultrasound artifacts
- To develop proficiency in obtaining optimised ultrasound images
- To correctly perform and interpret appropriately indicated emergency point-of-care ultrasound:
- Extended focused assessment with sonography in trauma (eFAST)
- Basic lung ultrasound
- Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) assessment
- Focused emergency echocardiography
- Deep venous thrombosis (DVT) assessment by limited compression ultrasound
- Central venous access with ultrasound guidance
- Focused Assessment with Sonography for HIV-associated tuberculosis (FASH)
- Basic renal ultrasound.
The course consists of online materials and a one-day hands-on training course. Registered for 11 CPD points.
For more information contact Dr N van Hoving (
nvhoving@sun.ac.za)
Trauma C-spine X-ray interpretation course
Target group: Doctors in emergency centres, trauma units or private practice that see trauma patients
Educational outcomes of the course:
- Describe the basic anatomy of the cervical spine
- Identify which trauma patients require C-spine X-rays
- They will know how to interpret trauma C-spine X-rays
- Apply the classification systems for C-spine fractures
- Appreciate the pitfalls when interpreting trauma C-spine X-rays in the paediatric and geriatric population
- Describe the indications and method for emergency closed reduction of bilateral facet dislocations
Course director: Dr H Lategan
For more information contact
StellMed.
