General Information

The course is intended for clinicians without prior knowledge in the field, as well as for those who want to deepen and improve existing knowledge, who treat patients in hospitals and the community. The participants will learn in small groups the use of the device and the various instructors, clinical cases will be presented and practice will be carried out at workstations. This is with the aim of giving the participants a broad basis in understanding the subject as well as hands-on training that will allow them to continue progressing in using this tool in the workplace.

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The course includes:

• One recorded lectures focused on the principles of ultrasound

• Two recorded lectures focused on the guiding principles of eFAST examination, technique and pathologies.

• Four recorded lectures focused on the guiding principles of a targeted scan of the abdominal organs: liver, gallbladder, pancreas, spleen, kidneys, bladder, and abdominal aorta.

• Two recorded lectures focused on identifying and diagnosing pathologies using abdominal ultrasound.

• Five-hour hands-on practice accompanied by POCUS instructors in small groups, demonstration eFAST, and abdominal POCUS examination. In the exercises, the participants will experience the use of ultrasound on models. They will also learn to identify pathologies using the world's most advanced simulator for simulating heart, lung, and abdominal pathologies from Simbionix.  

 

Course objectives:

• Learning to perform an ultrasound examination focused on a clinical question.

• Learning to perforn  an eFAST examination with an ability to identify pathologies.

• Identification and diagnosis of pathologies in the abdominal organs such as: Hydronephrosis, Nephrolithiasis, Renal cysts, Gallbladder stones, Cholecystitis, Choledocholithiasis, Biliary obstruction, Appendicitis, Cystitis, Abdominal aorta aneurism & dissection, Pneumothorax, Hemothorax and Cardiac Tamponade

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Concentration and professional management:

Dr. Lior Fuchs, Internal Intensive Care Unit, Soroka Medical Center and the Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University

 

Dr. Israel Shankman, Imaging, Soroka Medical Center