POCUS training
East Anglian Air Ambulance is hosting a Level 1 Pre-Hospital Point of Care Ultrasound Course (POCUS)
BOOK YOUR PLACE: 10 MARCH 2026
You can book on to our next POCUS Course, taking place on the 10 March, below.
Point Of Care Ultrasound (POCUS) is used by Emergency Medicine, Intensive Care, Anaesthetics and Pre-hospital Specialists to add valuable information to a clinical assessment. The internationally recognised acronym is a procedure clinicians carry out at the patient’s side. It differs from diagnostic ultrasound as it is used to inform decision-making at the scene of a medical emergency.
This course covers the basics required for the Royal College of Emergency Medicine Core Ultrasound training to allow learners to go on and develop a portfolio of experience prior to assessments.
Our POCUS course is unique in that we teach clinicians the basics of scanning and then how to apply it to pre-hospital cases. We have an expert faculty that have a multitude of different accreditations and are active in acute care settings and provide a wealth of knowledge.
The course, which is endorsed by The University of East Anglia, also demonstrates how clinical governance is the lynchpin to effective POCUS use in any organisation.
Course Directors:
Dr Jim Flatt – EAAA HEMS Consultant
Neil Flowers – Head of Clinical Services
If you have any further questions, please email raid@eaaa.org.uk.
The POCUS Course is aimed at anyone who wants to learn RCEM core POCUS skills. It is aimed at both paramedics and doctors who are developing skills in Emergency Medicine, Pre-hospital Emergency Medicine, Critical Care, Anaesthesia or Acute Medicine.
POCUS aims to teach cardiac, abdominal, lung and vascular access ultrasound skills. It sets candidates up with the foundation of learning required to progress these skills in clinical practice.
We teach this course via a mixture of TED style lectures and hands on scanning of our wonderful volunteers. All our faculty are experts in point of care ultrasound, and we have faculty from FUSIC, RCEM, FAMUS, BSE teaching so please do ask for more specifics if there is something you are particularly interested in.
Aside from the foundation ultrasound skills, you will learn about how to develop good governance for ultrasound, how it is implemented and what it looks like.
We are unique because we teach specific skills using simulation and live demonstration, but we also have a hugely experienced faculty that have everyday working experience of how to manage and utilise POCUS in complex clinical environments.
