LEARNING OUTCOMES

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• To appreciate heart anatomy 

• Understand acoustic windows and imaging planes used in echo

• Outline common pathologies associated with the heart-Guest Speaker Dr Mark Rugless image review-case based 

• Describe how echo is used to measure cardiac output, stoke volume, ejection fraction, mPAP, RVSP, TAPSE, RVSm, DPI, PAT, FAC, aortic valve doppler assessment etc.

• Appreciate echo as a tool to assess left and right systolic function 

• Understand echo image orientation-transducer terminology & manipulation

• Understand the basic principles of Doppler haemodynamics

• Provide delegates with tutor assisted 'hands-on' echo practice 2/3 practical emphasis on live patient models

• Appreciate normal values in an echo examination

• Understand the limitations of the Doppler technique

• Understand the components of a focused echo examination-sequence-simplified-step by step

• Outline the role of echo in life support-role play

• Appreciate the use of rapid cardiac echo in the critically ill-CASE based image interpretation.

• Identify common ultrasound artifacts

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