Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS) - August 5-6, 2024

Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) is a rapidly evolving field in veterinary medicine, especially in Emergency Medicine. Ultrasound machines are often available to practitioners, but training is lacking. There is no to limited training in veterinary schools, and the post-graduate training is not uniform. Unfortunately, it means your brand-new shining machine may be sitting in a corner of your clinic collecting dust or being used for cystocentesis! With this course, you will work with experts in emergency medicine and critical care with many years of experience teaching POCUS and you will learn how to use your machine to a great ability. This course is mainly designed to use the ultrasound machine as a point-of-care in an emergency situation but can be used as an intermediate abdominal course. The great thing about this course is that you will learn to ultrasound the abdomen, the chest, and the heart in only 1 course! The course is designed to provide in-person lectures on the three types of POCUS in the morning, followed by a 4-hours hands-on lab on anesthetized small to medium breed dogs. The same pattern is repeated on Day 2, which again allows for repetition and building on those motor skills. This lab is a great way to learn, practice or refine your skills in POCUS. We feel confident that, after this course, you will be set to go back to your practice and start applying your skills from Day 1.

Instructors

Dr. Julien Guillaumin

Dr. Amanda Cavanagh

Dr. Lance Visser