The POCUS Course
(For Alfred & Sandringham ED staff only)
Designed for FACEMs and trainees seeking formal credentialing or a qualification in POCUS, this one-day course provides practical insights, expert tips, and hands-on training. Participants will engage in skills stations and have the option to complete summative assessments to demonstrate competency.
This course is only for Alfred & Sandringham ED Staff only
APPROVALS & ACCREDITATIONS:
ACEM - 8 CPD hours
OVERVIEW:
This one-day course tailored for FACEMs and trainees seeking formal credentialing or qualifications. Designed by an experienced Emergency Physician and led by a team of experts, this program aligns with ACEM's recommendations to ensure all Emergency Physicians are competent in essential emergency ultrasound modalities.
What to Expect:
Hands-on training and practical insights from expert faculty.
Skills stations for focused scanning practice.
Optional summative assessments to demonstrate competency.
Core Focus Areas:
Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA)
Extended Focused Assessment with Sonography for Trauma (EFAST)
Focused Echo in Life Support (FELS)
Lung
Participants will enhance their POCUS (Point of Care Ultrasound) capabilities and gain the foundational knowledge and experience required for competency in four core modalities. This comprehensive face-to-face session is your gateway to advancing your emergency ultrasound expertise.
TARGET AUDIENCE
FACEMs
The POCUS course targets participants who have been conducting scans for some time.
Dr Elissa Kennedy-Smith
Dr. Elissa Kennedy-Smith is an Emergency Physician who works at Sandringham Hospital Emergency Department and The Royal Women’s Hospital in their Early Pregnancy Assessment Service, and is an Affiliate at Monash University. Elissa has an avid interest in all Emergency applications of Point of Care Ultrasound, completing her CCPU in AAA, E-FAST and 1st trimester in 2012, and then going on to attain her Diploma of Diagnostic Ultrasound (Emergency) in October 2017. She enjoys teaching, especially Focused Ultrasound in the ED, has been an instructor on many courses, and is currently the Ultrasound Lead for Emergency Medicine at Alfred Health, as well as being a Committee member for EMUGs Victoria.
Oriana Tolo
Oriana began her ultrasound career at the Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne in 1994 where she began developing her teaching skills by teaching the radiology registrars paediatric ultrasound. She moved into general ultrasound in private practice in 1998 at Mayne Health before joining Victoria House Medical Imaging in 2001. From 2001 until 2004 she continued to work at the RCH as tutor sonographer while specialising in MSK ultrasound at Victoria House until 2010. From late 2007 until late 2019, Oriana helped create and co - owned Ultrasound Training Solutions, (now Zedu), an education company teaching point of care ultrasound to physicians of different medical disciplines. She moved back into public hospital radiology as a clinical sonographer from late 2019 until April of 2023, moving from The Northern Hospital, to Eastern Health and finally Monash Health. In April 2023, she embraced the opportunity to join Alfred Health as the Sonographer Educator in the ED and establish a Point of Care program for the Alfred Emergency Department with great enthusiasm. She currently holds this position while keeping her hand in as a clinical sonographer for a private practice.
Dr Adam Bystrzycki
Dr Adam Bystrzycki is an Emergency Physician at the Alfred Emergency and Trauma Centre with over 20 years experience in the management of major trauma. He is also the former Director of Sandringham Emergency and Deputy Director of Emergency Services for Alfred Health. He has interests in trauma resuscitation, point-of-care ultrasound and critical care echocardiography. He has been involved in educating clinicians in the use of ultrasound for bedside clinical decision support for the last 10 years and has served on the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine’s Ultrasound Subcommittee.
