Are you ready to unlock the secrets of echocardiography?
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| Zedu's three-day Echocardiography Basic Views for Sonographers course offers an immersive and practical experience to fast-track your skills development and get you work-ready. |
Who should attend
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- New trainees starting their clinical training in echocardiography.
- Students enrolled in an ultrasound course who’ve not yet secured a trainee position and seek to enhance their CV.
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How you will learn
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| At Zedu, we believe in a comprehensive learning approach. |
| Our renowned hands-off teaching methods ensure you get more hands-on scanning practice. Our courses blend theory seamlessly with extensive practical sessions. |
| You'll understand the concepts and apply them in real-world scenarios. We take a step-by-step, structured approach to examinations, ensuring everything is covered thoroughly and nothing is left to chance. |
| The focus on repetitive practice ensures that you learn and retain the knowledge. You will practice on real people of various body shapes, sizes, and ages. |
| We start by developing your skills with normal, uncomplicated patients and then progress to more challenging body habitus’. |
| This gradual progression ensures that you build a solid foundation before tackling more complex scenarios, giving you the confidence to handle any situation. Additionally, you'll develop communication skills to support your clinical practice. |
You will learn how to:
- Move the probe intentionally to get the four basic echocardiography views – PLAX, PSAX, SC4 and Apical.
- Use the machine controls to optimise images proficiently.
- Use a structured and methodical approach to assess the heart.
- Determine what images to take and why.
- Communicate effectively in the exam room to obtain an appropriate presenting history, address patient concerns, and enhance patient satisfaction.
- Gain informed consent.
- Use B-mode ultrasound to assess normal sonoanatomy and gross pathology of the heart.
- Use sonographic terminology to communicate ultrasound findings accurately.
Running time
Course outline
🖥️ Scanning Principles
- Explore system controls
- How to optimise the image
- Develop hand-eye co-ordination
- 3D awareness of the anatomical position of the organs
- Ergonomics
- Probe care/sterilisation
🔍Basic Echo (B-mode assessment)
- 🫀 Anatomy of the heart in 3D – an interactive practical
- The 4 basic sonographic views of the heart
- B-mode assessment of:
- LV & RV function
- Tamponade & PE
- Hypovolaemia
- Volume status
- Tips and tricks for the difficult patient
- Techniques to improve imaging
- 👥Lots of scanning practice on real people
