Pre Course Reading

Level 1

Please read the following presentations (download as pdfs) prior to attending the 1-day introduction course. Either of the Level 1 textbooks shown below (click cover for further information) are recommended for further reference.

Welcome

Emergency Ultrasound - an overview

Introduction

Physics

Instrumentation

Vascular Access

Aorta

Trauma (FAST)

Cardiac & Thoracic

Addenbrooke's SOP

CEM Guidelines and Assessment Forms

RCR Guidelines

Emergency Ultrasound Made Easy

Ultrasound in Emergency Care

Level 2 / Advanced

Selection of Slides for overview and pre-course reading:

Summary Article

Hypotension (ACES)

Cardiac & Thoracic

Atlas of Echocardiography (Yale University)

Musculoskeletal Ultrasound


Advanced Course Slide Set

01 Introduction and Image Optimisation
02 Basic Cardiac
03 Cardiac Views
04 Emergency Cardiac
05 LV assessment
06 Valves
07 ACES - Shock Ultrasound
08 DVT
09 Thoracic
10 Renal
11 Hepatobiliary
12 Pelvic
13 Musculoskeletal
14 Foreign Bodies

We recommend reading one of these (or similar) textbooks prior to attending the 2-day advanced course.

Emergency Ultrasound

Practical Guide to Emergency Ultrasound 

Echo Made Easy