The FUSE Guided Vascular Access Course offers venous or arterial cannulation to increase success and reduce the risk of complications by guidance with ultrasound.

This course is the eLearning component that guides the participant through the vascular simulator learning course. The course has been designed to teach ultrasound-guided vascular access techniques for central vein line insertion, PICC lines, radial arterial cannulation and femoral vein and arterial cannulation using gel phantoms as the simulators. The course is suitable for anyone wanting to learn ultrasound guided vascular access.

This course is designed for anaesthetists, intensive care, emergency department physicians and surgeons who wish to learn how to use Point-of-Care (POC) vascular ultrasound-guided techniques.

Learning Outcomes

1. Perform basic needle techniques (blue phantom gel blocks)
2. Ultrasound of the upper limb (picc line and radial art line)
3. Ultrasound of the neck – internal jugular and axillary vein catheter
4. Ultrasound of the femoral vein and artery