COE Course: LOME COE and STUM CONGRESS

Ultrasound and Emergencies in Sub-Saharan Africa

1) Place & timing:
LOME (TOGO) 16th-18th september 2020

2) Title & topics:
– Principle of ultrasound
– Getting started with an ultrasound system
– Ultrasound in the delivery room: presentation of fetus
– Ultrasound in the delivery room: age of pregnancy
– Ultrasound in the delivery room: previa mass and previa placenta
– Ultrasound in the delivery room: retro-placental hematoma
– Ultrasound in the delivery room: uterine rupture
– Ultrasound in the delivery room: uterine rupture
– Ultrasound in the delivery room: twin pregnancy
– FAST abdominal echo: polytrauma and abdominal contusion
– FAST thoracic echo: haemothorax, thoracic contusion, hemopericardium
– FAST muscle echo: hematoma, contusion, ruptura
– Abdominal ultrasound: renal colic, acute appendicitis, hepatic colic, acute cholecystitis
– Pelvic ultrasound: Ectopic pregnancy, Beginning pregnancy, Fetal vitality, Ovarian cyst
– Chest ultrasound: Pleurisy, Pericarditis
– Ultrasound of Femoral vein, vein of the forearm and jugular vein
– Place of ultrasound applied to emergencies among complementary examinations