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CongrEMs 2026 Workshop

Emergency POCUS: Faster Bedside Decisions

A high-intensity hands-on workshop for physicians, students, and nurses who want to integrate point-of-care ultrasound into early critical patient assessment.

By confirming, your workshop choice becomes final for the active selection round and cannot be changed.

Participants 24 / 24 Total seats
Duration 3h Hands-on intensive
Level Intermediate With practical stations
Date Wednesday or Saturday 12 seats per series. Final allocation is communicated 2 weeks before the congress.

The allocated date cannot be changed afterwards.

Registration Status Registration Open Once seats are filled, registration for this workshop will be closed for the current round.
Category Students / Nurses / Physicians Target participant categories
Long Description

About This Workshop

This workshop is built for clinicians who need to make high-quality decisions in the first minutes of care. It combines concise, decision-driven teaching with guided station-based practice so participants can apply point-of-care ultrasound in realistic emergency scenarios. Instead of focusing on isolated image recognition, the session emphasizes how ultrasound findings change immediate patient management in dynamic, high-pressure settings.

During the workshop, participants rotate through structured cases covering acute dyspnea, undifferentiated shock, trauma pathways, and procedural guidance. Each case is designed around practical workflow: what to scan first, what findings are clinically relevant, what to document, and how to communicate conclusions clearly to the rest of the emergency team. The learning format supports rapid pattern recognition while preserving patient-safety priorities.

The overall objective is not just technical scanning proficiency, but confident bedside integration. By the end of the session, attendees should be able to shorten time-to-decision, avoid common interpretation errors, and use standardized ultrasound-based clinical reasoning in both routine and high-acuity contexts. The workshop is suitable for participants who already know the fundamentals and want a more applied, decision-focused approach.

Teaching is delivered in a mentor-guided format with immediate feedback loops, allowing participants to refine probe handling, image acquisition, and interpretation logic in real time. This structure helps translate theory into reproducible clinical performance that remains useful during actual emergency department shifts.

Workshop Facilitators
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Dr. Andrei Popescu Emergency Medicine Consultant Târgu Mureș County Emergency Hospital
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Dr. Elena Ionescu Emergency Medicine Consultant UMFST "George Emil Palade" Târgu Mureș
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Practical Information

Rules, Check-In, and Direct Contact

Check-In and What to Bring

  • Recommended check-in: 30 minutes before workshop start.
  • Please present your participant badge at room entry.
  • Bring a fully charged phone for last-minute updates.
  • Recommended: pen + comfortable outfit for hands-on stations.

Firm Rule and Policies

  • Wednesday/Saturday allocation is final after official communication.
  • Late-arrival policy: after 15 minutes, your seat may be reassigned to waiting list participants.
  • Cancellation policy: organizers may adjust date, room, or instructors if operationally required.
  • If a session is cancelled, participants are notified via dashboard and email.
Direct Workshop Contact

For operational questions, write to stiintific@congrems.ro with subject: Workshop + Participant Name.

Learning Goals + Location

What You Will Learn and Where the Workshop Takes Place

  • Applying FAST/eFAST logic in trauma and critical-care contexts.
  • Rapid differentiation of major dyspnea causes in emergency care.
  • Ultrasound-guided approach for difficult vascular access.
  • Recognizing frequent interpretation pitfalls and preventing them.
SimLab UMP Târgu Mureș

Strada Gheorghe Marinescu 50, Târgu Mureș

Skills + Equipment

Competency Areas and Equipment Used

Competencies Developed

  • Ultrasound-based assessment oriented to rapid clinical decision-making.
  • Integration of POCUS findings into emergency algorithms.
  • Critical patient prioritization based on imaging markers.
  • Standardized communication of findings to the clinical team.

Equipment Used

  • Portable point-of-care ultrasound systems.
  • Linear and curvilinear probes for multiple clinical scenarios.
  • Training mannequins/simulators for guided exercises.
  • Consumables for puncture and ultrasound-guided vascular access.