POCUS - Core Emergency

Core skills in Bedside Ultrasound for Emergency Clinical Practice

About the POCUS - Core Emergency Workshop

The POCUS - Core Emergency provides high quality training in Bedside Ultrasound relevant to Emergency Medical Care. The training will be relevant to ED Medical Officers, Rural Practitioners and GPs, RMOs and Registrars, Nurse Practitioners, Rural ED Nurses and Paramedics. The course is delivered using blended model of training that provides online prelearning to cover core knowledge together with a hands-on workshop to teach procedural skills and simulation with the aim of building confidence with scanning technique, image optimisation and recognition of pathology.    

Day 1 of the workshop covers

• Knobology

• Ultrasound of the Abdominal Aorta

• Trauma ultrasound (FAST examination)

• Lung Ultrasound (eFAST examination)

Day 2 of the workshop covers

• Use of Ultrasound in Shock (RUSH)

• DVT Ultrasound

• Basic echocardiography

• Ultrasound guided procedures (Vascular access, Fascia Iliaca Nerve Block, FBs, Pleurocentesis, Suprapubic Catheter)

Other LearnEM Ultrasound Courses

Please note these courses are run only once or twice a year.

• Advanced Emergency Medicine Ultrasound - 3 day course that cover the 5 modules required for ACEM training (Aorta, eFAST, Lung Ultrasound, Vascular Access and FELS). No Prerequisite - for beginners and advanced users.

• Gallbadder and Renal Ultrasound - 1 day course on ultrasound imaging and pathology of the gallbladder and and renal tract. Prerequisite: Completion of the Point of Care Ultrasound Workshop

• Focused Echocardiography in Life Support - 1 day course focusing echocardiography and ultrasound of the IVC in the context of ACLS. Prerequisite: Completion of the Point of Care Ultrasound Workshop

ASUM Accreditation

The Bedside Emergency Ultrasound course is accredited for the ASUM modules : Abdominal Aorta Aneurysm (AAA) and Extended Focused Sonography in Trauma (eFAST)

Please note if you are require ASUM accreditation for "FELS" this is provided by the LearnEM Advanced Emergency Medicine Workshop and the LearnEM FELS course

2025 Next Course Dates

• Adelaide : Saturday - Sunday : 21 & 22 June 2025 (Sold Out)
• Adelaide : Saturday - Sunday : 2 & 3 August 2025 (Sold Out)
• Adelaide : Saturday - Sunday : 25 & 26 October 2025 (1 Place remaining)
• Adelaide : Saturday - Sunday : 29 & 30 November 2025

Register for 2025 Ultrasound Workshops

2025 Course Cost

• $2500.00 (inc GST)

Registration includes Course eLearning and Two day Simulation workshop

Course Accreditation - CPD 2025

• Australian Society for Ultrasound Medicine (ASUM) : AAA and eFAST modules

• Australian College for Rural and Remote Medicine (12 Educational Activity & 17.5 Reviewing Performance Hours + 12 Radiology MOPS Hours)

• Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (12 Educational Activity & 17.5 Reviewing Performance Hours)

• Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM): Emergency Bedside Ultrasound is approved for 20 ACEM CPD hours

2026 Course Dates

• Adelaide : Saturday - Sunday : 21 & 22 February 2026 (Venue: Education Development Centre, 4 Milne Street, Hindmarsh, SA,5007)
• Adelaide : Saturday - Sunday : 16 & 17 May 2026 (Venue: Education Development Centre, 4 Milne Street, Hindmarsh, SA,5007)

Register for 2026 Ultrasound Workshops  

2026 Course Cost

• $2640.00 (inc GST)

Registration includes Course eLearning and Two day Simulation workshop

Course Accreditation - CPD 2026

• RACGP & ACRRM: Course accreditation is currently pending for the 2026 - 2028 triennium.

• Australian Society for Ultrasound Medicine (ASUM) : AAA and eFAST modules

• ACEM: Pending for 2026

Course Information

Workshop Times: 8.45 am to 5.00 pm both days.

Workshop Terms and Conditions: Please click here to see the LearnEM refund and ticket transfer terms and conditions.

Further information

Contact: Nikki Murray, Program Manager

• Phone: 0413 215 944

• Email: admin@learnem.com.au

Workshop Pre-learning

Instructions: Click the link below to access the Workshop Pre-learning. (Pre-learning can only be accessed by participants registered for the workshop).