This course is under development and is not accessible to all users.
Development status
Registration | Planning | Production | Beta testing | Launch |
Complete: 17/01/2022 | Complete: 30/11/2022 | Complete: 6/8/2024 | Current Phase |
Overview
Suitable for level 1 and 2 DiT and ANNPs learning to independently perform neonatal cranial ultrasound
Takes 45 minutes
Certificate for completing this course
Takes 45 minutes
Certificate for completing this course
This course is aimed at paediatric DiT and ANNPs covering the basics of point of care cranial ultrasound on a neonatal unit. You will cover ultrasound physics, device orientation, anatomical structures and common pathologies. If you want to take your learning further we’re also going to create an advanced neonatal ultrasound course with more cases and pathologies.
Course director
Jess Spaull
Consultant Paediatrician
Royal United Hospital
Rachael MacLeod
ST6 GRID Registrar in Neonatology
Southmead Hospital
Adam Smith-Collins
Consultant Neonatologist
St. Michael’s Hospital
Learning objectives
- Introduction to cranial ultrasound scans
- To recognise the standard cranial ultrasound views
- To recognise important neuroanatomy relevant to cranial ultrasound scans
- To obtain measurements to assess ventricular dilatation
- To understand how to obtain resistive index
- Optimisation of images and teaching cranial ultrasound
- Understand the ideal image
- Apply tilt, slide, rock and twist to optimise image quality
- Tips on teaching others
- Pathology
- To recognise in cranial ultrasound images:
- Preterm brain injury
- Intracranial haemorrhage
- Ventricular dilatation
- Cystic periventricular leukomalacia
- Anatomical variants
- Anterior horn cysts
- Choroid plexus cysts
- Cavum septum pellucidum
- Anatomical abnormalities
- Absent cavum septum
- Absent corpus callosum
Curriculum mapping
Course Content
Introduction to cranial ultrasound
Optimisation of images and teaching cranial ultrasound
Pathology
Summary