FUSIC Course Information

The FUSIC Courses consist of three separate courses: Echocardiography , TOE and L.A.V.

 

Echocardiography Course

 

SevernFUSIC is aimed at all trainees & consultants who want to utilise ultrasound in the care of acutely and critically ill patients

The 1 day echocardiography course offers lectures and workshops with nearly 4 hours of hands-on scanning practice in groups of 3 to maximise learning and motor skills

We are accredited for 5 CPD points from the Royal College of Anaesthetists

Our expert faculty is formed of FUSIC mentors, supervisors and BSE qualified clinicians from the Severn region that utilise echo regularly in their professional practice

The cost is only £250 for the day and includes lunch and refreshments

 

The course will teach you how to:

  • Achieve the 4 standard echo (TTE) views: parasternal long axis, parasternal short axis, apical 4 chamber and subcostal
  • Interpret the images obtained
  • Diagnose potentially treatable causes of cardiac arrest & circulatory collapse, such as pericardial collection, tamponade, pulmonary embolus and hypovolaemia
  • Understand the pitfalls and limitations of focused echocardiography
  • Understand the requirements & mechanisms for achieving FUSIC accreditation

Lectures and workshops include:

  • Basic physics, optimal image acquisition and sonoanatomy
  • FUSIC heart examination
  • Assessment of filling, ventricular function and common pathologies
  • Hands on sessions
  • Interesting clinical cases
  • Achieving FUSIC heart accreditation as a trainee

Severn FUSIC Heart Course

Example Programme – will be finalised in weeks prior to event 

09:00 Registration
09:15 Lecture: Introduction to FUSIC course and syllabus
09:30 Lecture: Basic physics and sonoanatomy
10:00 Lecture: Assessment of LV and RV function
10:30 Hands-on session 1:  Obtaining basic echo views with ultrasound machine set-up and archiving
11:30 Coffee break
11:45 Lecture: Common pathologies in the Critically Ill
12:15 Hands-on session 2         2 x 30 minutes
13:15 Lunch break
14:00 Lecture: Interesting cases and quiz
14:30 Hands-on session 3       2 x 30 minutes
15:30 Coffee break
15:45 Lecture: FUSIC accreditation: All you need to know
16:00

 

 Hands-on session 4: 2 x 20 minutes
16:40 Feedback and close

 

Course fee: £250

Register interest here

Please note your place on the course is not confirmed until we have received your payment

For further information contact Maddie Weeks or Jo Coombs at admin@severnfice.com

 

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L.A.V. Course

 

The Severn FUSIC Lung, Abdomen and Vascular course is aimed at all trainees & consultants who want to utilise ultrasonography in the care of acutely and critically ill patients.

Our course offers:

  • Experienced radiologists, sonographers and FUSIC qualified Faculty
  • 3 hours of hands-on practice in small groups to maximise hands-on learning
  • RCOA 5 CPD
  • Very competitively priced – only £250 for the day

 

The course will teach you how to:

  • Perform ultrasound guided vascular access, lung ultrasound, abdominal ultrasound and vascular ultrasound (DVT detection)
  • Interpret obtained images: diagnosis of potentially treatable causes of cardiac arrest & circulatory collapse (pneumothorax, pleural effusion, pulmonary oedema, DVT)
  • Understand the pitfalls and limitations of focused ultrasonography on ICU
  • Understand the requirements & mechanisms for achieving FUSIC LAV accreditation

 

Topics include:

  • Optimal image acquisition and sonoanatomy
  • Lung and abdominal ultrasound examination
  • DVT and vascular access
  • Plenty of hands on scanning practice
  • Completing FUSIC LAV accreditation

 

Severn FUSIC Lung, Abdomen and Vascular Course

Example Programme – will be finalised in weeks prior to the event 

08:45 – 09:15 Registration
09:15 – 09:25 Introduction to FUSIC LAV course and syllabus
09:25 – 10:00 Lecture: Basic physics and sonoanatomy (1A03, 1F03, 3C00)
10:00 – 10:15 Lecture: Vascular access and needling techniques (1A03, 2C01, 2D03, 2C04, 3C00)
10:15 – 10:30 Lecture: Vascular ultrasound – DVT screening
10:30 – 11:15 Hands on session 1: DVT screening and Vascular access scanning stations (2 x 20 mins)
11:15 – 11:30 Coffee break
11:30 – 12:30 Lecture: Lung ultrasound – pneumothorax, effusion, consolidation, lung bases (1A03, 2C01, 2C04, 3C00)
12:30 – 13:00 Lecture: Abdominal ultrasound
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch break
14:00 – 15:00 Hands on session 2: Chest (Normal Chest Imaging)

and Abdominal Scanning (2 x 30 mins)
15:00 – 15:30 Lecture: Lung ultrasound in the critically ill patient
15:30 – 15:45 Coffee break
15:45 – 16:45 Hands on session 3: Chest (Normal Chest Imaging)

and Abdominal Scanning (2 x 30 mins)
16:45 – 17:00 Lecture: FUSIC LAV accreditation

 

Course fee: £250

Please note your place on the course is only confirmed once we have received payment

 

  • Register interest for our courses here
  • Find our more about FUSIC and download the accreditation pack here
  • Find a FUSIC mentor here
  • Read about lung ultrasound here, here & here
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    For further information contact Maddie Weeks or Jo Coombs at admin@severnfice.com

                 

FUSIC Focussed TOE (fTOE)

The Severn FUSIC Focussed Trans-oesophageal Echocardiography course is aimed at all trainees & consultants who want to utilise ultrasound in the care of acutely and critically ill patients

The 1 day echocardiography course offers lectures and workshops with nearly 4 hours of hands-on scanning practice in groups of 3 to maximise learning and motor skills.

Scanning is performed using Intelligent Ultrasound Bodyworks scanners to demonstrate both the necessary normal views as well as real pathology.

The course will teach you how to:

  • Make decisions as to when to perform a focused transoesophageal echocardiogram over trans-thoracic or other imaging modalities, and recognise the limitations of focused study
  • Prepare patients for TOE procedures, adhere to safety protocols, and engage in risk-benefit discussions
  • Obtain the 8 recommended focused TOE views including: ME4Ch, ME2Ch, MELAX, ME bicaval, ME RV inflow/outflow, TG SAX, Ascending aorta LAX and descending aorta SAX.
  • Recognise the following pathology: global or regional LV dysfunction, right ventricular dysfunction, haemodynamic assessment including signs of low preload, pericardial effusion, aortic dissection, pulmonary embolism or gross valvular pathology.
  • Understand the requirements & mechanisms for achieving FUSIC accreditation

Lectures and workshops include:

  • Basic physics, optimal image acquisition and sonoanatomy
  • FUSIC TOE heart examination
  • Hands on sessions
  • Interesting clinical cases/pathology

Severn FUSIC fTOE

Example Programme

Time

Subject

Faculty Member Leading

0915 – 0930

Introduction

All faculty

0930-1000

Physics

Charlie Pope

1000-1015

Probe handling

Kyle Flegg

1015-1030

Anatomy

Sue Wright

1030-1115

Exam Sequence

All Faculty

1115-1130

Coffee

1130-1200

Ventricular assessment

Matt Bell

1200-1230

Valvular assessment

Silvia Magnano

1230-1300

Ventricular Pathology

All faculty

1300-1400

Lunch

1400-1430

Valvular Pathology

All Faculty

1430-1500

Great vessels and PE

Martin Lewis

1500-1530

Use of fTOE and future development

Hilary Shanahan

1530-1545

Coffee

1545-1630

Mixed pathology

All Faculty

1630-1700

Interesting cases & close

Kyle Flegg

Course fee: £250

Please note your place on the course is only confirmed once we have received payment

 

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    For further information contact Maddie Weeks or Jo Coombs at admin@severnfice.com