WINFOCUS Malaysia International Training Centre

ULTRASOUND LIFE SUPPORT

ENTRY COURSE-USLS BL1-P Thank You to:
Prof Luca Neri, MD
WINFOCUS Past President & USCME Global Director, HFHU Board

Intensive care Unit, Prehospital SSUEm 118

AREU EMS/HEMS - Niguarda Ca’ Granda Hospital, Milan (Italy)

Henry Ford Ultrasound University

Henry Ford Hospital System, Detroit, MI, USA)
www.winfocus.org – luca.neri@winfocus.org

Critical
ULTRASOUND
Innovations

Social & Settings Clinical

UltraSound Education &
Cultural & Applications
Technology & Research Certification
Networking Providers

Critical Care Area : ED, ICU,

PICU, NICU, HDU, Acute
Ward
Critical UltraSound Scenarios

Prehospital Emergency Medical Services

“On-scene”: Accident area (road), Bed-side (home)

Critical UltraSound Scenarios

Disasters, Mass Casualties
Triage area, First Aid Station, Field Hospital …

Critical UltraSound Scenarios

Other Civilian Remote/Austere Locations

Rural Area, Mountain, Island, Desert, Polar region, Sport,
Medicine, Cruise ship, Air and Space-flight …

Critical UltraSound Scenarios

Humanitarian Medical Operations

Remote Disaster Relief,
Underdeveloped Areas Primary Health Care …
 Emergency & Critical Care Ultrasound ...
new “concepts”, not anymore a “locations”

Critical
ULTRASOUND
Innovations

Social & Settings Clinical

UltraSound Education &
Cultural & Applications
Technology & Research Certification
Networking Providers

Critical US Technology

Towards a Point-of-care Technology

Mobile, Portable, Durable, Cleanable,
Simple, Quick, Chargeable, Cheap …
 Critical US Technology

Towards a Point-of-care Technology

Miniaturized & Connected ...

Critical
ULTRASOUND
Innovations

Social & Settings Clinical

UltraSound Education &
Cultural & Technology
Applications
Certification
Networking Providers & Research

Critical Ultrasound Accuracy…

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Abdomen

Bones & Soft

Veins lower Tissues
limbs
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Critical
ULTRASOUND
Innovations

Social & Settings Clinical

UltraSound Education &
Cultural & Applications
Technology & Research Certification
Networking Providers

EDUCATE YOUR EYES !

American College of Emergency Physicians. ACEP emergency ultrasound guidelines-2001. Ann Emerg Med. 2001 Oct; 38(4):470-81.
American College of Emergency Physicians. Use of ultrasound imaging by emergency physicians [policy statement]. Ann Emerg Med. 1997;30:364-365.
American College of Surgeons - Committee on Emerging Surgical Technology and Education. Ultrasound Examinations by Surgeons [Statements of the
College]. Bulletin of the American College of Surgeons 1998; 83 (6).
American College of Surgeons . Ultrasound educational program for surgeons and surgical residents - Ultrasound Educational Program Bluebook. Web:
http://www.facs.org/education/ultrasound.htm.
American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine. Official Statement: Training Guidelines for Physicians Who Evaluate and Interpret Diagnostic Ultrasound
Examinations. Approved September 22, 2003, November 2000, March 1997, March 1993. Web: http://www.aium.org/publications/statements/
_statementSelected.asp?statement=14
American Medical Association House of Delegates. H-230.960 Privileging for Ultrasound Imaging. 802. 99. 2001.
Australasian College for Emergency Medicine. Policy Document - Credentialing for ED Ultrasonography: Trauma Examination and Suspected AAA. P22
July 2000, Adopted by Council July 2000. Web: http://www.medeserv.com.au/acem/open/documents/ultrasonography.htm.
Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians. CAEP Position Statement on Ultrasonography in the Emergency Department. Approved by CAEP Board,
Ottawa, February 1, 1999. http://www.caep.ca/template.asp?id=1abcd7d2e84848fd92d33df25a3710db.
Canadian Emergency Ultrasound Society. CEUS Recommended Standards. 2006. Web: http://www.ceus.ca/002-standards/002 00.standards.htm.
European Federation of Societies for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology. Minimum Training Requirements for the practice of Medical Ultrasound.
Ultraschall 2005; 16 (2): 79-105. Website: www.efsumb.org.
National Institute for Clinical Excellence. Guidance on the use of ultrasound locating devices for central venous catheters (NICE technology appraisal, No.
49). London: NICE, 2002.
Royal College of Radiologists, Faculty of Clinical Radiology. Ultrasound training recommendations for medical and surgical specialties. London: Royal
College of Radiologists, 2005. Web: http://www.rcr.ac.uk/docs/radiology/pdf/ultrasound.pdf.
Società Italiana Medica di Emergenza-Urgenza. Linee Guida SIMEU (C.D.N. 17-04-2004). GIMUPS. 2005. 2005;7:29-32.
World Health Organization. Future use of new imaging technologies in developing countries. Report of WHO Scientific Group. Geneva. World Health
Organization Organ Tech Rep Ser. 1985; 723.
World Health Organization. Training in diagnostic ultrasound: essentials, principles and standards. Report of a WHO Study Group. World Health Organ Tech
Rep Ser. 1998; 875:i-46.
Neri L, Storti E, Lichtenstein D, Towards an Ultrasound Curriculum in Critical Care Medicine,
Crit Care Med, 2007.

Attendance
Certification

Attendance
Certification

Competence
Certification

Neri L, Storti E, Lichtenstein D, Towards an

Ultrasound Curriculum in Critical Care Medicine,
Crit Care Med, 2007, in press.
Winfocus International Trainign Centers & Units
Critical
ULTRASOUND
Innovations

Social & Clinical

Setting & UltraSound Education &
Cultural Applications
Providers Technology & Research Certification
Networking

Scott Dulchavsky, Enrico Storti, Tomislav Petrovic, Mike Blaivas, Daniel Lichtenstein, Carmela Graci,
Gabriele Via, Enrica Chiappero, Maddalena Brachetti & “Noema girls”

Thank You!

Luca Neri
luca.neri@winfocus.org