The document discusses the importance of hands-on ultrasound training. It notes that diagnostic imaging is often insufficient in rural areas of low- and middle-income countries. Hands-on ultrasound training has been shown to effectively integrate didactic knowledge with technical skills in emergency and critical care medicine by improving trainees' ability to identify normal anatomy and perform procedures. The training focuses on main emergency ultrasound indications that can help reduce morbidity and mortality in the developing world.

1. The Importance of Hands-On Ultrasound Training
Today, it is generally accepted that
most medical situation and
diagnostic imaging in the rural
areas of low and middle income
countries is often insufficient and
in some situations completely
lacking. It is completely less
fortunate if your place has medical
specialists, physicians, nurses or
personnel that are incompetent
and not using updated
technologies. In this case, even though you are almost financially drained but you don’t
have any choice to transfer the patient to another place where modern equipments are
sufficient whether you like it or not.
There are some ways on how to be more aware in using ultrasound devices to provide
satisfying medical images. It is relatively important to familiarize yourself with the various
ultrasound methods than just doing it confidently without any trainings or practice.
Hands on ultrasound training was been effectively used to integrate didactic knowledge and
technical skills in emergency and critical care medicine. It’s important to improve ability to
identify normal anatomy and perform ultrasound guided-procedures.
The uses of linear and curvilinear transducers are both useful for this simulation scanning
practice. It is imperative to learn the different hand ultrasound procedures to coherently
stimulate the features of the images in different purposes.
This kind of training is the ideal educational opportunity for an individual or a group of staff
members. It is necessary for those students or trainees take some practices before they get
hired on their respective medical zone. Trainees in the various study populations have
ranged from clinical officers, nurses and nurse midwives to fully trained physicians. Trainers
similarly variable in these studies, including resident physicians, radiologists, cardiologists,
and ultrasound-fellowship trained emergency physicians.
Hands On ultrasound preparation, mostly focus on the main emergency ultrasound
indications that may help reduce morbidity and mortality and mortality in the developing
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2. world. There are potential types of ultrasound training, including abdominal/abdominal
Doppler, breast, cardiovascular, carotid, abdominal, and OB/GYN combined, critical care,
Echocardiography, Emergency Medicine, Gynecology, Internal Medicine, Musculoskeletal,
Peripheral Arterial, points of care, vascular and venous.
If you are seeking hands on ultrasound training for yourself or your course, Advanced
Health Education Center (AHEC) can provide the knowledge and the full course description
you need. For more information, contact AHEC today to schedule the type of ultrasound
training you are interested in.