Intervention Under Ultrasound Guidance

Learning Outcomes

  • Understanding Ultrasound Imaging: Acquire proficiency in identifying relevant anatomical structures and landmarks using ultrasound.
  • Procedure Familiarity: Gain hands-on experience in performing interventions, such as biopsies or injections, under real-time ultrasound guidance.
  • Instrument Handling: Achieve proficiency in handling ultrasound-guided instruments, including needles and probes, through supervised practice.
  • Complication Management: Recognise and manage complications associated with ultrasound-guided procedures to enhance patient safety.

Description

Intervention under ultrasound guidance involves using real-time imaging to assist with procedures such as placing central lines biopsies and aspirations. This technique requires a thorough understanding of anatomy to accurately locate structures and perform precise needle placement. Technical proficiency is crucial for optimising image quality and navigating the ultrasound interface. Procedural skill involves performing the intervention safely and effectively, while managing potential complications.

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Course Duration:
1 Day
  • Clear concepts in needling & handling probe
  • Realistic manikins
  • Interactive learning

Curriculum

Online Modules

All didactic lectures will be available as online modules for candidates 2 weeks prior to the contact course to prepare for the course well in advance. All the required theory knowledge will be learnt through web platform. There will be a Q&A section available after each lecture to interact with the faculty for any additional doubts to be clarified. Completing online modules is mandatory for certification

  • USG basics
  • Basic knobology
  • Needle guidance
  • Arterial cannulation
  • Central venous cannulation
  • Pericardiocentesis
Knowledge

Delivered through online lectures

Skill

Delivered through 1-day contact course at Apollo Simulation Centre

Assessment

For both knowledge and skills

Contact Course

Contact course is aimed at providing practical knowledge about everything that one needs to know about Interventions Under Ultra Sound Guidance. This is achieved by way of 30% of time spent on demonstrations and 70% time on hands-on training, which includes:

Time Topics
09.00-09.30  Registration 
09.30-10.00 Introduction and Scope of USG in Intervention
10.00-10.45 Needling Techniques-Tips and tricks in

USG guided needling

10.45-11.00 Tea Break 
11.00-11.30 Handling on needling Technique’s

  • Blue phantom
  • Wet Tissue 
11.30-12.30 Venous Cannulation Demo
12.30-01.00 Lunch 
01.00-02.00 Hands on practice Venous Cannulation

  • IJV
  • Subclavian
  • Femoral
02.00-03.00 Demo and Hands on Arterial Cannulation
03.00-03.15 Pericardiocentesis
03.15-03.30 Feedback and closure
03.30 Tea Break

Faculty


Dr. Balachandran S
Dr. Balachandran S

Consultant Physician,

Department of Anesthesiology,

Apollo Speciality Hospitals, Vanagaram, Chennai

Dr. Ganesh
Dr. Ganesh

Senior Consultant,

Department of Anaesthesiology,

Madras Medical College

Dr. Gopi Krishna
Dr. Gopi Krishna

Consultant Anaesthesiologist,

Department of Liver Transplant Surgery,

Gleanagles Global, Chennai

Dr. Sivanesan
Dr. Sivanesan

Consultant,

Department of Anaesthesia,

Sri Sathya Sai Medical College

Dr. Sanjeev
Dr. Sanjeev

Senior Consultant,

Department of Anaesthesiology,

Meridian Hospitals

Dr. Soma Ganesh
Dr. Soma Ganesh

Senior Consultant,

Department of Anaesthesiology,

Sri Ramachandra Medical College & Hospital

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Who is this course for?

  • Emergency physicians
  • Anaesthesiologists
  • Critical care physicians
  • Paediatricians
  • Paediatric intensivists
  • Physicians
  • Pulmonologists
  • Registrars and interns
  • Practising doctors

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