Welcome to the Monash ICU PoCUS program. We provide US guided vascular access training for all registrars as part of the regular ICU education calendar at each site. If you miss attending at your site due to leave or night shift, you are able to join a session at another site (see key dates below).
We also provide CICM recognised training & credentialing in FoCUS Echo & Lung modules. These are only available to eligible Intensive Care registrars & consultants. Registrars must be CICM trainees on a minimum 12 month rotation & approved by their site Director/SOT prior to commencement.
We are introducing new one day ICU PoCUS courses covering FoCUS Echo & Lung. Participation will be co-ordinated by the ICU PoCUS Governance group – Dr Wisam Al-Bassam (Clayton), Dr George Lukas (Dandenong), Dr Sanjay Porwal (Casey) – to ensure all eligible trainees are provided with a course place.
Following completion of a Monash ICU PoCUS day course, further training continues with one-to-one individual bedside ultrasound skills sessions with PoCUS sonographer educators & supported by ICU PoCUS faculty. Training is tailored to individual needs, with the goal to achieve CICM accredited Monash Health Echo credentialing. The one-to-one training sessions are arranged at times to suit your schedule using online bookings or email. Full details & instructions will be provided to participants prior to their course.
INTENSIVE CARE PoCUS COURSE DATES 2022
Fri 11 March ICU course 1 FoCUS Echo & Lung
Fri 13 May ICU course 2 FoCUS Echo & Lung *rescheduled
Fri 17 Jun ICU course 3 FoCUS Echo & Lung
ICU PoCUS GOVERNANCE GROUP
Dr Wisam Albassam Consultant Intensivist FCICM GCCritCareEcho
Dr George Lukas Consultant Intensivist MBBS FJFCIM FRACP FCICM
Dr Sanjay Porwal Consultant Intensivist MBBS DNB (Med) MNAMS FCICM CCritCareEcho
Mr Anthony Wald Sonographer Educator (Cardiac) BTech GDClinEd AMS (Card)
Ms Carolynne Cormack Sonographer Educator BAppSc(MedRad) GDUlt GCHPE FASA AMS
ICU PoCUS FACULTY
Dr Michael Toolis Consultant Intensivist FCICM
Dr Haran Sathianathan Consultant Intensivist FCICM
Dr Brendan Murfin Consultant Intensivist FCICM
Dr Mark Golod Consultant Intensivist MD FFCICM SA SICM CCPU GCClinUS
Dr Siew Wai Wong Consultant Intensivist FCICM GCCritCareEcho
Dr Adrian Pakavakis Consultant Intensivist, MBBS FRACP FCICM GDipClinUS
EXECUTIVE OVERSIGHT
A Prof Tim Leong Service Director Intensive Care, Monash Health
A Prof Ronnie Ptasznik Director Diagnostic Imaging, Monash Health
A Prof Philip Mottram Service Head Non-Invasive Imaging, Monash Heart
