pPOCUS – Ultrasound for Allied Health Professionals

Ultrasound is a fast and cost-effective method for identifying serious illnesses or injuries. It is increasingly being adopted in emergency nursing, by physician assistants in emergency departments, and by paramedics in prehospital care.

This one-day course, which is preceded by an eLearning module, is led by experienced instructors and covers key applications such as thoracic and abdominal ultrasound and ultrasound-guided venipuncture.

The course format is based on the emergency ultrasound courses by DEGUM, but also includes content on anatomy and basic ultrasound principles. Training is conducted using state-of-the-art ultrasound devices: the current system is highly compact and features two different probes. Thanks to the differently shaped transducers, both superficial and deeper anatomical structures can be examined effectively.

Paramedics, Emergency and critical care nurses and Physician Assistants