Core Ultrasound Intensive Care (CUSIC) course 10th June 2019
Target audience: Trainees and consultant in intensive care medicine.
Faculty: Murray Blackstock, Rosie Baruah, Michael Gillies, Stuart McLellan – Consultants in Critical Care, NHS Lothian, Edinburgh.
Course organiser: Dr R Baruah
Catering: Plant based, please let us know of any allergies.
This course is aimed at trainees, consultants and advanced practitioners in intensive care, acute and emergency medicine.
CUSIC is accredited by the Intensive Care Society and provides a structured training pathway for training in lung, abdominal and vascular point of care ultrasound.
The Edinburgh CUSIC Course is a one day course which will provide you with the theoretical knowledge needed for CUSIC accreditation. You will split the day between lectures and small group scanning sessions on normal subjects.
CUSIC training pathway further information
Time | Codes in parentheses refer to RCoA CPD Matrix |
08:45 | Registration and coffee |
09:00 | Introduction - CUSIC syllabus and accreditation |
09:10 | LECTURE: Physics and knobology (1A03, 1F03, 3C00) |
09:30 | LECTURE: Lung US – introduction and lung US for PTX (1A03, 2C01, 2C04, 3C00) |
09:50 | LECTURE: Alveolar interstitial syndrome |
10:00 | Coffee |
10:20 | SCANNING: Lung US -Pleural line (1A03, 2C01, 2C04, 3C00) |
11:00 | LECTURE: Pleural effusion (1A03, 2C01, 2C04, 3C00) |
11:20 | LECTURE: Consolidation and atelectasis |
11:40 | SCANNING: Lung bases (1A03, 2C01, 2C04, 3C00) |
12:20 | Lunch |
13:00 | LECTURE: Abdominal US (1A03, 2CO1, 2CO4, 3C00) |
13:20 | SCANNING: abdominal US (1A03, 2C01, 2C04, 3C00) |
14:00 | LECTURE: Vascular US, DVT and needling techniques (1A03, 2C01, 2D03, 2C04, 3C00) |
14:20 | Coffee followed by carousel – to rotate round every 30 minutes |
14:40 | SCANNING: DVT (1A03, 2C01, 2C04, 3C00) |
15:10 |
SCANNING: ICD insertion |
15:40 | SCANNING: SCV insertion |
16:20 | The CUSIC “Just For Your Own Benefit “Clips Quiz and MCQs |
16:30 | Close |
Course fees £200
Core Ultrasound Intensive Care (CUSIC) course 10th June 2019
Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
9 Queen Street
Edinburgh
EH2 1JQ