Aims & Scope of Workshop:

Objective of the Workshop

 

The “ASPA paediatric POCUS workshop” is designed to introduce the participants to basic focused cardiac, pulmonary, gastric, vascular ultrasound. It aims to teach participants to correctly acquire, interpret, and clinically integrate normal and abnormal ultrasound images in children to aid diagnosis and management of acute problems in everyday clinical practice in the operating theatre and intensive care

unit. At this workshop, ultrasound skills will be taught using healthy paediatric volunteers by dedicated paediatric trained experts from Asia.

We welcome any physician with an interest to improve their ultrasound skills to the “ASPA paediatric POCUS workshop”. We are

certain that you will find the experience enlightening and worthwhile.

 

POCUS workshop- ASPA 2025 schedule

 

time

 

0750-0800

Introduction + house keep

 

Focus on basics- TALKS

0800-0820

1. Understanding Science of Ultrasound and Knobology    (20 MIN)

0820-0840

2. Upper airway POCUS           (20 MIN)

0840-0910

3. Lung POCUS (30 MIN)

0910-0940

4. Cardiac POCUS (30 MIN)

0940-1000

5. Gastric POCUS (20 MIN)

1000-1020

TEA (20 MIN)

1020- 1220

Focus on basics- SKILL STATIONS (30 MIN EACH)

 

1. UPPER AIRWAY

 

2. LUNG

 

3. CARDIAC

 

4. GASTRIC

1220-1320

LUNCH

 

PUTTING IT ALL TOGTHER- TALKS

1320- 1450

1. How can I use Ultrasound in –Anaesthesia and ICU

- Airway US as part of DIFFICULT AIRWAY PROTOCOL (15 MIN)

-Ultrasound guided PEEP adjustment (15 MIN)

- POCUS lung assessment for EXTUBATION READINES (15 MIN)

- Assessment of non traumatic SHOCK “RUSH PROTOCOL” (15MIN)

- Gastric POCUS- should it guide my anaesthesia technique (15 MIN)

2. Limitations of POCUS in children (10 MIN)

1450- 1500

Q & A

1500-1600

PUTTING IT ALL TOGTHER- SKILL STATIONS

 

1. VASCULAR ACCESS

 

2. eFAST vs RUSH in shock

1600-1630

TEST & CASE DISCUSSION