Dr Sarb Clare teaches us how to perform basic lung ultrasound an echocardiography. Presentations from our annual course ‘Ultrasound at the Front Door’. Free to help frontline clinicians during the COVID-19 pandemic. This video gives an introduction into performing basic lung ultrasound and echocardiography for those wanting to undertake accreditation
Back to accreditation. Training in thoracic ultrasound is mandatory for Respiratory Medicine trainees prior to completion of CCT (and preferably prior to ST5). Until now the JRCPTB Respiratory Medicine Curriculum has mandated this is via completion of the Royal College of Radiologists Focused and Level 1 Thoracic Ultrasound pathway. Respiratory
Back to accreditation. Focused Acute Medicine Ultrasound (FAMUS) is an accreditation pathway endorsed by the Society for Acute Medicine. It is aimed at clinicians managing the acutely unwell medical patient and can be seen as the Acute Medicine equivalent of the FUSIC accreditation pathway. A link to the FAMUS website
Back to accreditation. EDEC is an accreditation pathway run by the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine and is designed for Intensivists regularly performing echo on critical care. It has gained in popularity for clinicians seeking a middle ground between FICE and BSE Adult Critical Care Echo due to reduced
The COVID-19 pandemic is affecting health care practitioners of all levels with an expectation of a rapid increase in case numbers outstripping departmental resources. Colleagues around the world are reporting Lung Ultrasound as being highly useful for triage, diagnosis and assessing response to management in affected patients. This post is
