LOME COE and STUM CONGRESS

COE Course: LOME COE and STUM CONGRESS

Ultrasound and Emergencies in Sub-Saharan Africa

1) Place & timing:

LOME (TOGO) 16^th-18^th 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