Point of Care Early Pregnancy Ultrasound

Delivering the knowledge base and skills required to assess gestational age, pregnancy site, pregnancy viability and fetal number with point of care ultrasound at 5 to 10 week’s gestation.

On completion of this course, graduates will be able to:

• Know about normal early pregnancy development, as seen through the ultrasound lens, for both singleton and twin pregnancies
• Optimise ultrasound images through knowledge of physics, machine settings and patient aspects such as uterine axis and patient size
• Understand terminology for probe manoeuvres and anatomical planes
• Know when and when not to do POCUS and when and how to seek additional imaging and other expertise
• Diagnose miscarriage precisely and outline women’s treatment options
• Diagnose tubal ectopic pregnancy precisely and outline women’s treatment options
• Image ovaries and recognise serious or common complications in early pregnancy
• Reflect on and improve practice for experienced Early Pregnancy Assessment Clinics (EPAC) practitioners and those wishing to initiate or develop an EPAC service
• Prepare for supervised POCUS practice, workshops, simulation, and assessments, whether as a trainee or trainer/assessor