WINFOCUS Ultrasound Life Support (USLS) Basic Course

This course is aimed at physicians who want to gain knowledge, practical skills, and understanding of the clinical integration of point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS).
POCUS is a fundamental skill for contemporary physicians in many specialties – anesthesia, critical care, emergency medicine, internal medicine, cardiology, surgery, pulmonology, primary care, and pediatrics.
This is an in-person 2-day course. The official language is English, with a hybrid option in Bulgarian.
The course will alternate didactics with hands-on practice, with an instructor-to-learner ratio of 1:5, and with a heavy focus on practical skills, using live models.
What will be covered during the course:
Abdominal aortic aneurysm, Deep vein thrombosis, Lung and pleura, FAST, cardiac, gallbladder, kidneys, musculoskeletal, and IV insertion under POCUS guidance.
The participants are expected to review assigned video lectures and complete an online pretest prior to the course.
Upon successful completion of the course, the participants will receive a certificate from WINFOCUS.

WINFOCUS Team

Speaker

Vitka Vujanović, MD

WINFOCUS Slovenia

Past President of WINFOCUS Slovenia
Emergency medicine physician, Community Healthcare Center Ptuj, Emergency Medical Service Maribor, Prehospital Unit. Community Healthcare Center Dr. Adolfa Drolca Maribor, Emergency Medical Service Maribor, Prehospital Unit

Speaker

Boris Dojcinovic, MD

WINFOCUS Slovenia

Emergency and Intensive Care Physician, University Clinical Center in Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Bulgarian Team

Speaker

Stefan Tchernodrinski MD MS

University of Illinois, Chicago

Course Director Bulgaria
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine, POCUS fellowship director, Department of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago

Speaker

Natalia Kartuleva MD

UMBALSM Pirogov, Sofia

Cardiologist, Division of Cardiology, UMBALSM “Pirogov”, Sofia

Speaker

Mirela Ilieva MD

UMBALSM Pirogov, Sofia

Cardiologist, Division of Cardiology, UMBALSM “Pirogov”, Sofia

Speaker

Georgi Angelov MD

UMBAL Tokuda

Anesthesia and Critical Care, Division of Cardiac Surgery, Acibadem City Clinic, UMBAL “Tokuda”