The Ultrasound Advanced Course 2026

This comprehensive one-day course covers essential topics, including assessing pericardial effusion and tamponade, evaluating LV and RV function, fluid status assessment, and lung ultrasound for pneumothorax, pneumonia, cardiac failure, and effusions.

Event date

22 April 2026

Event location

The Alfred Simulation Centre, 4th Floor, 89 Commercial Road, Melbourne, Vic 3004

The Ultrasound Advanced Course, involves a combination of hands-on skills-stations, case-based discussions and lectures.

Enhance your confidence and capability in integrating advanced ultrasound into your clinical practice.

PROGRAM INCLUDES:

Lecture/demonstration-based teaching:

  • How to perform a basic echo – views, anatomy & echo specific probe movement
  • Pathology: LV, RV, IVC, Pericardial effusion – pearls & pitfalls
  • Volume assessment
  • ABC’s of lung ultrasound
  • Integrating lung ultrasound into clinical practice
  • US in cardiac arrest (simulation)
  • RUSH examination

Practical demonstration & hands-on live scanning practice:

  • Cardiac ultrasound
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