| Day 1 |
| 09:00 - 09:15 |
Introduction, schedule, learning objectives |
| 09:15 - 10:00 |
Basic principles of ultrasound: physics and technics |
| 10:00 - 10:30 |
Echomorphology and artefacts |
| 10:30 - 10:45 |
Break |
| 10:45 - 13:00 |
Examination techniques, normal ultrasound anatomy of
- liver
- gall bladder and biliary tract
- pancreas
- spleen
- kidney and urinary tract
- abdominal and retroperitoneal vessels
|
| 13:00 - 14:30 |
Lunch |
| 14.30 - 15:15 |
Live demonstration:
- how to use an ultrasound device
- standard longitudinal and transversal sections
- standard examination of the abdomen
|
| 15:15 - 16:30 |
Exercises |
| 16:45 - 17:15 |
Special lecture: use and significance of ultrasound in the setting of acute bowel herniation |
| 17:15 - 17:30 |
Summary and discussion, evaluation day 1 |
| Day 2 |
| 09:00 - 09:15 |
Introduction, schedule, learning objectives |
| 09:15 - 09:45 |
Basic technical concepts of Doppler-Ultrasound and color-coded Duplex-Ultrasound |
| 09:45 - 10:15 |
Doppler-Ultrasound and color-coded Duplex-Ultrasound of the peripheral arteries / vein – normal findings |
| 10:15 - 10:45 |
Basic technical concepts of Doppler-Ultrasound and color-coded Duplex-Ultrasound in standard examination of the carotid artery |
| 10:45 - 11:00 |
Break |
| 11:00 - 11:30 |
Normal carotid and vertebral arteries: exam schemes – diagnoses - variants |
| 11:30 - 12:30 |
Exercises |
| 12:30 - 14:00 |
Lunch |
| 14:00 - 14:15 |
Contrast agents: Qualitative diagnostic improvement of ultrasound |
| 14:15 - 14:30 |
Contrast agents: Mode of function |
| 14:30 - 15:30 |
Trauma and emergency pathologies using contrast enhanced ultrasound in liver, kidney spleen and bladder lesions. Diagnosis and pitfalls |
| 15:30 - 16:00 |
Trauma and emergency pathologies using contrast enhanced ultrasound in aortic lesions: Comparison of MRA and CTA.
Diagnosis and Pitfalls |
| 16:00 - 16:15 |
Break |
| 16:15 - 17:00 |
Emergency ultrasound after liver transplantation |
| 17:00 - 17:30 |
Special lecture: use and significance of ultrasound in the setting of acute abdomen |
| 17:30 - 17:45 |
Summary and discussion, evaluation day 2 |
| Day 3 |
| 09:00-09:15 |
Introduction, schedule, learning objectives |
| 09:15-10:00 |
Trauma and emergency pathologies of the carotid and subclavian artery: Comparison of MRA and CTA |
| 10:00-11:00 |
Emergency ultrasound after vascular interventions: diagnosis and pitfalls |
| 11:00-11:15 |
Break |
| 11:15-12:00 |
Emergency ultrasound in dialysis shunts: diagnosis and pitfalls |
| 12:00-12:45 |
Emergency ultrasound on the intensive care unit: diagnosis and pitfalls |
| 12:45-14:15 |
Lunch |
| 14:15-14:45 |
Ultrasound ability in diagnosis of metatarsal and metacarpal bone fractures: diagnosis and pitfalls |
| 14:45-15:30 |
Ultrasound ability in the detection of long-bone fractures: diagnosis and pitfalls |
| 15:30-16:15 |
Ultrasound ability in imaging of forearm fractures in children and adults: diagnosis and pitfalls |
| 16:15-16:30 |
Break |
| 16:30-17:00 |
Special lecture: ultrasound follow up after treatment of fractures |
| 17:00-17:15 |
Summary and discussion, evaluation day 3 |
