Nepean Critical Care General Ultrasound

11 February 2012 – 12 February 2012

Swiss Grand Hotel, BONDI BEACH

The NICCER Critical Care General Ultrasound course provides specialised training in both theory and practise in the areas of vascular, lung and abdominal ultrasound.

It is a 2-day course covering: 

• Vascular ultrasound in thromboembolism
• Ultrasound-guided procedures
• Lung and pleural ultrasound
• Abdominal ultrasound

 

“This course offers a structured approach incorporating relevant theories, case presentations and hands-on trainings to enable you to gain skills readily transferable to your department for the benefit of your patients. The faculty consists of experts in critical care ultrasound. Participants will be taught basic physics of ultrasound, practical applications, and technique as well as potential pitfalls of applying general ultrasound for safe and efficient critical care practice.”

International Guest Speaker Professor Paul Mayo, MD, FCCP
Medical Intensive Care Unit, Beth Israel Medical Center, New YorkProfessor

Paul Mayo is the Director of the Medical Intensive Care Unit at the Long Island Jewish Medical Centre, New York, and Clinical Professor of Medicine at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Well recognised in critical care ultrasonography he has contributed to numerous book chapters and publications on practice and training in this field. He is the organiser of the ACCP Critical Care Ultrasonography training course, running workshops on a regular basis in the United States.

Places are still available, click here for more information.