Focus on POCUS

The West Coast Foundations Course in Neonatal and Pediatric Care

Course Structure

Audience: Neonatal and critical care providers with limited or basic knowledge of bedside ultrasonography

Teaching Methods: Lectures and hands-on practical sessions using live models and simulation equipment

Educators: Neonatologists, nurse practitioners, cardiologists, radiologists and critical care medicine ultrasound experts

Core Topics:

  • Physics and fundamentals of scanning
  • Basic procedural guidance (central line placement, arterial access, lumbar puncture, suprapubic tap, etc.)
  • Bladder scanning
  • FAFF (focused assessment of free abdominal fluid)
  • Lung evaluation
  • Basic cardiac evaluation
  • Fluid status and cardiac function
  • Cranial ultrasound

Simulation Equipment