Point of Care Ultrasound 2025

About the POCUS Workshop

The LearnEM Point of Care Ultrasound Program provides locally delivered, high quality training in Bedside Ultrasound relevant to Emergency Medical Care. The training is suited to ED Medical Officers, Rural Practitioners and GPs, RMOs and Registrars, and Rural ED Nurses and ENPs. The course is delivered in a series of "one day" hands-on workshops supplemented by online learning modules.

Day 1 of the program covers

• Knobology
• Ultrasound of the Abdominal Aorta
• Trauma ultrasound (FAST examination)
• Lung Ultrasound (eFAST examination)

Day 2 of the program covers

• Use of Ultrasound in Shock (RUSH)
• DVT Ultrasound
• Basic echocardiography
• Ultrasound guided procedures (Vascular access, Fascia Iliaca Nerve Block, FBs, Pleurocentesis, Suprapubic Catheter)