Aster Medcity, Kochi, one of South Asia’s most advanced quaternary care medical centre, will organise an international emergency ultrasound course in Kochi during March 18-20, 2015, known as the Aster International Emergency Ultrasound Course – 2015 (AIEUC – 2015).

The three-day course will include sessions from national and international faculty on globally followed latest techniques for emergency ultrasound. Faculties of international repute include Keith Boniface, managing director RDMS, Washington, DC and Hamid Shokoohi, managing director MPH FACEP. From India, Dr. Venugopalan P P, director, Aster Emergency Medicine Network, spoke on Focused Assessment with Sonography in Trauma (FAST), Dr. Tausif Ahmed talk about Abdominal Aorta. Dr. Mabel Vasnaik, Dr. Faith Moideen, and Dr. Yaseer were the other Indian experts speaking at the event.

AIEUC is spearheaded by Dr Harish Pillai, chief executive officer, Aster Medcity, Dr Narayanan Unni, CMS, Aster Medcity, and Dr Venugopal PP. The course invites participation from Emergency Physicians, Anesthetists, Intensivists, CMOs, General Physicians, Residents and Interns.

The course aims to provide hands-on training by well-known faculties, thus enabling the participants to improve their emergency ultrasound practices and hence patient care. The various sessions at the course will endow the attending physicians with the latest emergency technology available for diagnosis.

Point of care ultrasound is a rapid, accurate, repeatable, non-invasive imaging without the risk of radiation that aids the clinical examination, bed side diagnosis, and resuscitation. It has evolved from a new technology and become a vital organ of emergency departments across the globe. Life threatening conditions can be identified without leaving the resuscitation area within a matter of seconds. Quick diagnosis of a limited set of injuries or pathologic condition becomes easy with point-of-care ultrasound. It thus aids in quicker informed decisions for ill/injured patients.

Some of the topics to be included at the course are: “FAST – Focused Assessment with Sonography in Trauma,” “Hepatobiliary and Cardiac Scanning,” “Vascular Access Screening,” “Deep Vein Thrombosis,” “Advanced Abdominal Ultrasound,” and “Soft Tissue Infections.” The course will also provide a chance for hands-on training by the experts. A certificate of participation will also be provided to all the attendees.