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The Leura ECHO course is run by Professor Anthony McLean, who works at the ICU in Nepean Hospital, and is well known for his work in and promotion of ECHO in the ICU. Several of the Nepean intensivists and ECHO nurse specialists and technicians assist at the course, along with a select group of patients who provide their time (and pathology) for the benefit of course participants. The focus of the course is the RACE (Rapid Assesment by Cardiac ECHO) examination with an introduction to more advanced techniques. The course also introduces participants to lung ultrasound.
From the course flyer: “This years line up includes internationally renowned echocardiographer Professor Antoine Vieillard-Baron from France. He is one of the four most recognised intensive care echocardiographers in the world, with multiple publications on non invasive haemodynamic monitoring in the ICU using transthoracic and transoesophageal echocardiography. He has been a major figure in critical care echocardiography training in North America, Europe and elsewhere around the world. He is the author of 100 scientific papers and many book chapters.” |
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10th – 11th September 2011: Race plus The application of ultrasound for assessing the heart and chest in the acute care setting, including:
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12th – 13th September 2011: Advanced ECHO and reporting
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10th – 13th September, 2011 08:30am – 17:00pm |
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1 Sublime Point Road Leura NSW (approximately 90 minutes west of Sydney city centre) |
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The course is aimed at anyone who is exposed to acute care medicine and has an interest in using ECHO to assist their provision of management, including specialists, registrars and CMOs in ICU, emergency and general practice. |
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In general the course has a good reputation. If you are new to ECHO, it can be a heavy information load and it might be worth doing one of Nepean ICU’s one-day RACE courses first and having a blast in your own department before signing up. If you have some ECHO experience, it’s a good course for consolidating your practice and weeding out any bad habits. It is also a good refresher if it’s been a while since you had anyone looking over your shoulder. I went on it last year, having spent the prior 6 months in Nepean ICU as an SR, and found it very helpful. |
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