RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE WORKSHOP
Date- Sunday 3rd November
The first Mobile ASUM workshop RHD Screening was held in conjunction with the 2024 ASUM Conference in Brisbane, Australia.
Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) is a preventable disease that occurs in poor countries and remote areas of developed countries such as Australia and New Zealand and affects Indigenous children disproportionately.
Limited echo protocols are now clearly established that allow reasonably accurate detection aligned with the World Heart Federation guidelines and diagnosis and treatment RHD.
The Workshop included a short didactic lecture explaining the RHD views then rotation of through three stations of hands-on scanning of the RHD screening protocol a with a. fourth station of Image interpretation.
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Faculty |
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Jo McCann |
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Gillian Whalley |
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Ellen Woodcock |
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Jacqui Williamson |
Informal feedback from the attendees indicated that they felt that the content was worthwhile, and they would be able to implement it into their daily work.
ASUM Mobile CoE plans to run the workshop in 2025 in rural and remote areas of Australia and New Zealand but will ensure that the messaging is clearer regarding that the workshop is aimed at non- cardiac sonographers
