| Prince Sultan Cardiac Center Qassim holds the 5th Emergency Echocardiography Course on August 15-16, 2017 at the PSCCQ Conference Room and was participated in by 50 medical staff from various health institutes in Qassim region. This two-day course was accredited by the Saudi Commission for Health Specialties for 15 CME hours. Initially, Dr. Murtada Hussein, Consultant Adult Cardiologist had a broad explanation on Common Transthoracic and Transesophageal Echocardiography Views. Generally speaking, Transthoracic and Transesophageal are known as the two types of echocardiogram which differ in their respective procedures. Dr. Hussein clearly discussed the echocardiography views about these two types. Likewise, Dr. Mohammed Saied gave a very, very extensive yet comprehensible discussion on Principles of Doppler Echocardiography and Hemodynamic Assessment, COP, SV, LV Filling Pressure and Intracardiac Pressure. He further explained why Doppler Echocardiography was considered as the most practical method for flow and hemodynamic assessment. Moreover, Dr. Saied also extended his discussion on Echocardiography in Acute Chest Pain Syndrome and ACS. Dr. Osama Smettei gave a lecture about Echocardiography in Cardiac Tamponade. Patients with suspected cardiac tamponade should undergo a complete Echocardiographic examination. Dr. Mohammed Saied additionally lectured on Echocardiography in Hypotensive Patients in Intensive Care Unit (Hypovolemia, Septic Shock). Hypotension is known to be a common problem in critically ill patients and echocardiography may make a critical difference in the rapid diagnosis of both common and uncommon but important causes of hypotension such as Pericardial Tamponade. Right then, Dr. Ali Abdullah Al Akhfash, Consultant Pediatric Cardiologist, deliberately talked about Echocardiography in Pediatric Cardiac Emergency and also dealt with some Interactive cases. He discussed what’s and the how's of dealing with cardiac emergencies in the pediatric population. On the second day, as the lecture proper booted up, Dr. Ali Abdullah Al Akhfash followed as a lecturer on Prostaglandin Dependent Congenital Heart Diseases. He talked about the importance of prostaglandin by people with heart ailments. Dr. Mohammed Saied gave a thorough lecture about Echocardiography in CPR (FEEL). He shared the usefulness of echocardiography during cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Moreover, FEEL or Focused Echocardiography in Emergency Life Support is intended to train and educate novice practitioners in the use of transthoracic echocardiography during the peri-resuscitation period. Consequently, a presented lecture on Echocardiography in Pulmonary Embolism was given by Dr. Adil Bashir, Specialist Adult Cardiologist/SBC Fellow. He made sure that everyone will understand his lecture about this particular case. Echocardiography in Infective Endocarditis was completely shared by Dr. Mohammad Al Dakheel. Accordingly, echocardiography plays a key role in the assessment of InfectiveEndocarditis. It is useful for the diagnosis of Endocarditis as well as its corresponding treatment.
Dr. Osama Smettei gave a lecture on Echocardiography in Acute Aortic Syndrome. It was given emphasis that echocardiography played an important role in acute aortic syndrome. It serves as a screening tool for assessing chest pain in an emergency setting and in diagnosing AAS with suboptimal sensitivity. Dr. Saied came back as he gave a discussion about Echocardiography in Stuck Prosthetic Valve. It was emphasized that echocardiography of prosthetic heart valve is more demanding, both to perform and to interpret. The giving of lectures continued with Dr. Mohammed Saied discussing on Echocardiography in Acute Cerebrovascular Accident and Thromboembolism. He elaborated more about nature and substantial facts regarding this topic. More so, an array of Interactive Cases was facilitated by Dr. Mohammed Saied. Dr. Mohammed Saied, Head of Department of Education, Training, and Research and the Course Organizer himself was highly elated with the success of this activity, He was grateful to each and everyone who took part in making this event successful and remarkable. Likely, he was also hopeful of another similar event in the years to come. |