CACTUS (Children’s Acute Ultrasound) Course

£300.00

This course is meant for Emergency Physicians and Acute Paediatricians. The content will be useful to Trainees, Consultants, Advanced Care Practitioners and Associate Healthcare Physicians working in the Children’s Emergency department and Acute Paediatric Wards.

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Paediatric POCUS- Bringing Clarity to Bedside Care!
Join us for a comprehensive hands-on training designed to equip paediatric healthcare professionals with the essential skills to effectively utilize Point-of-Care Ultrasound in everyday clinical practice.

Who Is This Course For?
This course is perfect for Paediatric, Emergency and NICU Consultants, Resident doctors, ACPs, and other healthcare professionals who want to improve diagnostic accuracy and patient care. This dynamic, hands-on training is designed to equip you with the skills needed to quickly and confidently assess and treat critically ill children using ultrasound at the bedside.

Why attend

Scan on kids of all ages from 6 years to 15 years

More hours of hands-on scanning than any other national course

Experienced Instructors – only the most experienced highly trained instructors teach the course

We structure every moment, making sure you have a seamless, stress-free, and enjoyable experience, allowing you to fully concentrate on your educational journey

Excellent feedback from previous courses

Format
The course is taught with the help of didactic lectures on each topic with real-life examples. Practice sessions in small groups to give you plenty of hands-on training. Perform scanning on live paediatric models and Ultrasound simulators under expert-guidance. We structure every moment of the course to ensure you have a seamless, stress-free, and enjoyable experience, allowing you to fully concentrate on your educational journey.

Course Curriculum
This course will give you the skills to confidently integrate POCUS into your everyday Paediatric practice. Learn through hands-on scanning, image interpretation, case discussions, and evidence review. The course Covers:

  • Basics: Ultrasound Physics, Knobology and Image Optimization
  • Organs: Heart, Abdomen, Lungs
  • Procedures : US guided Vascular Access
  • Pathologies:
  • Lungs : Normal lung, Pleural effusion, Pneumonia, Pneumothorax
  • Heart:Pericardial Effusion, Cardiac Tamponade, Global cardiac Function
  • Abdomen: Free fluid, Hydronephrosis, Bladder volume
  • Quiz : Emergency and Paediatric Critical Care case based images review

 

Course Dates

20th Jun 2026, 7th Nov 2026

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