This pre-course is offered in a live one-day format on Saturday 12 October, 08:30 – 18:00 at the Congress center in Copenhagen.

• OBJECTIVES Brief description of course objectives:
• The goals of this course are:
• Focused Cardiac Ultrasound (basic) 
• In this module, designed specifically for emergency physicians, we explore the theoretical and practical aspects of cardiac ultrasound. Participants will learn basic anatomy and views, work on hand-eye coordination, interpret ultrasound findings comparing normal and pathological images, and integrate results into clinical reasoning in time-sensitive pathologies. 
• Learning objectives: 
• getting familiar with basic cardiac views and describing the relevant anatomy of every view: subcostal, parasternal long and short axis, apical four, five and two chamber view
• name different regions of the left ventricular muscle and describe different basic ways to assess the contractility
• compare and measure chamber size in A4C view
• assess left ventricular contractility in different views by eyeballing
• assess the size of the right ventricle and motion of the septum in different views
• IVC measurement pitfalls and interpretation
• pericardial effusion and tamponade

• The major part of the course includes hands on practice on real models and simulators
• Instructors are worldwide famous, experienced Emergency Physicians
• Use of advanced ultrasound machines
• Short, state-of-the-art, presentations of the basic modules
• Small groups (maximum of 4 participants/instructor)
• Sufficient time to get familiarized with the machine, hands on scanning, interaction with the instructor
• Introducing common pathologies, interpretation of abnormal images, case discussion

Online educational material will be provided to the participants in advance

The costs for this course are
€ 350 for physicians
€ 250 for nurses, paramedics, trainees and students

Please register through your MyEUSEM account by clicking on the EUSEM Congress registration button. From the Pre-courses tab you can select the pre-courses you would like to join.

REGISTER FOR THIS PRE-COURSE

Course Director: Senad Tabakovic, CH Effie Polyzogopoulou, GR

Course co-directors: Effie Polyzogopoulou, GR & Paul Van Overbeeke, NL

• Faculty TBD