A three-day course on Point of Care Ultrasonography (POCUS) for instructors is currently taking place at the Simulation Training Center of Dnipro State Medical University (DSMU). The course is organized by the Department of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care, and Emergency Medicine of the Faculty of Postgraduate Education (headed by Professor Olha Kravets) in collaboration with the Association of Anesthesiologists of Dnipropetrovsk Region.
The course director is Professor Rom Stevens, an anesthesiologist from Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine, Chicago, USA. The instructor team consists of faculty members from the Department of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care, and Emergency Medicine, who train Ukrainian doctors in bedside emergency ultrasound diagnostics.
Course Program includes:
- Understanding the physical principles of ultrasound, image acquisition techniques, and working with transducers.
- Practical training in obtaining standard projections of the heart and inferior vena cava.
- Assessment of right and left ventricular function, lung ultrasound, and extended FAST (e-FAST) for trauma evaluation.
- Diagnosis of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) in the lower limbs.
- Training on image storage, cloud-based data upload, and reporting.
This course offers a unique opportunity to learn from Professor Rom Stevens, an American anesthesiologist with over 35 years of experience, a military medic who has worked in global conflict zones, and an expert in emergency ultrasound.