Focused Cardiac Ultrasound in Intensive Care

In tandem with the 30 Focused Cardiac Ultrasound cases requirement, trainees are required to complete a Focused Cardiac Ultrasound course. Please see the ‘Approved Courses’ tab for a list of approved courses.

Once this has been completed, along with the 30 Focused Cardiac Ultrasound cases, trainees must complete a short online exam, which can be accessed via the Members Portal. These requirements must all be completed prior to entering Transition Year. For more information, please see T-35 Focused Cardiac Ultrasound in Intensive Care.

Approved Courses
30 Cases
Online Exam
Resources
ASUM
FAQs

Discover courses by selecting the State/Overseas below.

NSW ‐ New South Wales

Basic Echo
Nepean Intensive Care
Contact: Hae Won Jo
Website: Basic Echo (nepeanicu.org)

Introductory Echo Course
St George Hospital ICU
Level 1, Tower Ward Block (along corridor connecting Clinical Services building and Tower Ward block
Kensington St  |  Kogarah NSW 2217
Call: 02 9113 2425
Email: Kylie Fraser

Leura Critical Care Echocardiography Meeting
Nepean Institute of Critical Care Education and Training
Contact email: Secretary
Website: https://niccer.asn.au/leura-critical-care-echo-meeting/

Basic Critical Care Echocardiography     
St. Vincent’s Hospital ICU and St. George Hospital ICU
Contact: Dr Manivannan Gopalakrishnan

Basic Critical Care Transthoracic Echocardiography Course
John Hunter Hospital, NSW

Contacts:
Vijeth Bhat
Lewis McLean
Deshani Walisundara
Contact Mellisa Hudson for enrolments.

Echocardiography in Critical Care
Royal North Shore Hospital
Contacts:
Dr Pierre Janin 
Dr Alun Ellis

Essential Echo in the peri-arrest/arrest scenario
Suite 614, AVANTI 1c Burdett Street Avanti
Hornsby NSW 2077
Contact: Prof G Sweetman

Focused Cardiac Ultrasound – Workshop 
Cardiac Skills Australia
Contact: Amy Secomb
2026 CSA flyer (PDF)
http://www.cardiacskillsaustralia.com.au/workshops

NBH Focused Cardiac Ultrasound Course
The Northern Beaches Hospital
Contact: Dr Máté Rudas

RACE & RACEplus
Nepean Hospital, Derby Street
Kingswood NSW 2747
Contact: Prof Anthony McLean

Basic Echocardiography Course
Royal Prince Alfred
Contact: Sanjay Tarvade or 0424481373

Intermediate Echocardiography for critical care
Westmead/ Concord hospital
Contact: Nick Sidler
2025-2026 Flyer (PDF)

Critical Care Echocardiography Course
Wollongong Hospital
Contact: Dr Cartan Costello

FCUS Focused Cardiac Ultrasound
Liverpool Hospital
Contact: A/Prof Sharon Kay
Contact: Dr Peter McCanny

ACT ‐ Australian Capital Territory

Canberra Critical Care Echo Course
Contact: Hemanth Veerendra

Focused Cardiac Ultrasound – Workshop 
Cardiac Skills Australia
Contact: Amy Secomb
2026 CSA flyer (PDF)
http://www.cardiacskillsaustralia.com.au/workshops

NT ‐ Northern Territory

IDEAL Ultrasound Course
Careflight NT, ICU and ED Royal Darwin Hospital and Palmerston Hospital
Email: Lewis Campbell

Focused Cardiac Ultrasound – Workshop 
Cardiac Skills Australia
Contact: Amy Secomb
2026 CSA flyer(PDF)
http://www.cardiacskillsaustralia.com.au/workshops

QLD ‐ Queensland

Basic Echocardiography in life support
Australian Institute of Ultrasound
Contact: Kim Sanderson

Focus Program
Princess Alexandra Hospital, QLD
Contact : Dr Adam suliman

Focused Echocardiography and Lung Ultrasound Hemodynamic Failure Course
Townsville Hospital
Contact: Sutrisno Gunawan

Focused Cardiac Ultrasound – Workshop
Cardiac Skills Australia
Contact: Amy Secomb
2026 CSA flyer (PDF)
http://www.cardiacskillsaustralia.com.au/workshops

FCU - Transthoracic Echocardiography (TTE)
Centre for Excellence and Innovation in Anaesthesia
Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital, QLD
Contact: TTE Coordinator

AICS Basic Echocardiography Workshop
The Prince Charles Hospital
Contact: Dr Maneesa Tol

Critical Care Echocardiography Course
Australian Institute of Ultrasound
Contact: Dr Andras Nyikovics

Gold Coast Resuscitative Ultrasound Course
Gold Coast University Hospital
Contact: Ronan McKeague

Greenslopes Private Hospital
Newdegate St, Greenslopes QLD 4120, Australia
Contact: Benjamin Cerutti

SA ‐ South Australia

Echocardiography Course
Calvary Wakefield Hospital
Contact: Dr Simon Hockley or 0403 295 935

South Australian Critical Care Ultrasound Course
Faculty from Royal Adelaide Hospital, Flinders Medical Centre and Lyell McEwin Hospitals
Contact:  Michael Davies
For all information and application - Register here

Focused Cardiac Ultrasound – Workshop 
Cardiac Skills Australia
Contact: Amy Secomb
2026 CSA flyer(PDF)
http://www.cardiacskillsaustralia.com.au/workshops

TAS – Tasmania

Focused Cardiac Ultrasound – Windows to the Heart
Cardiac Skills Australia
Contact: Amy Secomb
2026 CSA flyer
http://www.cardiacskillsaustralia.com.au/workshops

FCUS Focused Cardiac Ultrasound
Hobart Hospital
Contact: A/Prof Sharon Kay

VIC – Victoria

Australian Critical Care Echo Lab (ACCEL)
Phone to: 0430 059 590
Contact: Wisam Al Bassam

Beyond Basic Transthoracic Echocardiography Course
The "Beyond Basic Transthoracic Echocardiography" course is accredited by CICM. Currently, the course has been conducted in Hong Kong and Singapore.
Course information can be found under the tab "Rest of the World".
For course enquiries, please contact Dr. Hooi Hooi Koay.
For more information Download Program

Critical Care Ultrasonography Course
The Austin Hospital, 145 Studley Road
Heidelberg VIC 3084
https://www.ultrasoundtraining.com.au/

Critical Care Echo and Ultrasonography Course
Epworth Hospital
Contact: Dr Kyle Brooks or 0402 577 794

Focused Cardiac Ultrasound
Company: Zedu Ultrasound Training Solutions
8-10 Flintoff Street
Greensborough VIC 3088
Contact: Suean Pascoe or 0422000750
www.ultrasoundtraining.com.au

The Alfred Critical Care Echocardiography Course
The Alfred Hospital, Commercial Road
Prahran VIC 3181
Contact: ICU Events or 03 9076 5404
www.alfredicu.org.au/courses

FCU Peri-Arrest
Ultrasound Education Group/Department of Surgery/University of Melbourne
Senior Lecturer and Director of Ultrasound Simulation David Canty
Contact: Support

FCU - Transthoracic Echocardiography Course (TTE)
Ultrasound Education Group/Department of Surgery/University of Melbourne
Senior Lecturer and Director of Ultrasound Simulation David Canty
Contact: Support

iHeartScan (Haemodynamic Echocardiography Assessment in Real Time)
University of Melbourne, Ultrasound Education Group
Contact: Support

Focused Cardiac Ultrasound – Workshop
Cardiac Skills Australia
Contact: Amy Secomb
2026 CSA flyer (PDF)
http://www.cardiacskillsaustralia.com.au/workshops

Critical Care Echocardiography
The Royal Melbourne Hospital OR St Vincent's Hospital
Contact: Dr James Anstey
Program 
Registration

Critical Care Ultrasound and Echocardiography Education Program
The Alfred Hospital
Contact: Dr Li Ta

Intensive Care PoCUS Program
Monash Medical Centre
Clayton, VIC
Contact: Dr Wisam Al Bassam

MUCCU Advanced Echocardiography
Monash University
Clayton, VIC
Contact: Yang Yang
2025-2026 flyer

MUCCU Basic Echocardiography
Monash University
Clayton, VIC
Contact: Yang Yang
2025-2026 flyer

Ultrasound Physics For Critical Care Imaging
Monash University
Contact: Department of Medical Imaging and Radiation Sciences
Flyer

Advanced Echocardiography
Monash University
Contact: Department of Medical Imaging and Radiation Sciences
Flyer

Basic Echocardiography
Monash University
Contact: Department of Medical Imaging and Radiation Sciences
Flyer

WA ‐ Western Australia

Basic Echocardiography and Lung Insonation [BELI]
Armadale Ultrasound School
Mobile: 041 775-7227
Email: Ash Mukherjee
Website: Perth Cardiac Pocus

Cardiac Point-of-Care Ultrasound Workshop
Sam Burgoyne
Mobile: 0481 181 535
Email: Sam Burgoyne
Website: https://www.perthcardiacpocus.com.au/courses/

Echo Course
Royal Perth Hospital
Contact: Sebastian Knudsen

Focused Cardiac Ultrasound – Workshop
Cardiac Skills Australia
Contact: Amy Secomb
2026 CSA flyer (PDF)
http://www.cardiacskillsaustralia.com.au/workshops

FCUS Focused Cardiac Ultrasound
Fiona Stanley Hospital
Contact: A/Prof Sharon Kay

New Zealand

Focus Assessed Cardiac Echocardiography
Auckland City Hospital
Contact: Dr Sara Allen

Focused Cardiac Ultrasound – Workshop
Cardiac Skills Australia
Contact: Amy Secomb
2026 CSA flyer (PDF)
http://www.cardiacskillsaustralia.com.au/workshops

RACEPlus
Te Puna Wai Ora - Southern Critical Care (Dunedin)
Contact: Markus Renner

New Zealand Resuscitative Ultrasound Course
Wellington Hospital
Contact: Laurence Walker

Hong Kong

BASIC Transthoracic Echo Course
Locations of Course: Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia
Contact Email: [email protected]
Contact phone number: +852 3505 2735
Contact Name: Maggie Yeung – Secretary
Weblink: https://www.aic.cuhk.edu.hk/bbte/registration.php

Rest of the World

Echocardiography for Intensivists and Emergency Medicine Clinicians
Beth Israel Deconas Medical Center, Dept. of Anaesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine
330 Brookline Avenue, Boston USA
Contact: Mr Ron Mayes
www.bidmc.org

Trainees are required to perform 30 Focused Cardiac Ultrasound cases and have them evaluated as satisfactory by an approved Assessor. Please see 30 Focused Cardiac Ultrasound Cases for further information.

The online exam consists of multiple-choice answers relating to a combination of traditional questions, video loops and still images. A pass rate of 70% is required and the exam can be attempted as many times as necessary. This exam should be attempted after trainees have attended an approved Focused Cardiac Ultrasound course and had their 30 Focused Cardiac Ultrasound Cases approved.

The online exam can be found via your Members portal under the Online Learning tab.

The following are a list of useful resources:

College policies and statements

T-35 Focused Cardiac Ultrasound in Intensive Care Syllabus policy

IC-29 Levels of Training in Adult Critical Care Echocardiography

IC-24 Statement on the role of Echocardiography intensive care medicine

Nepean Institute of Critical Care Education and Research

http://www.niccer.org.au/

General Resources

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcjFyRPlISw

http://intensivecarenetwork.com/resources/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdwpKLuMsRc

Case studies

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mscx9-s_AXA

http://www.echopedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

Other

http://pie.med.utoronto.ca/TEE/

In February 2014 the College Board approved the following statement regarding the Australasian Society for Ultrasound Medicine;

“Doctors who complete the College of Intensive Care Medicines Focus Cardiac Ultrasound requirement or any critical care doctor who completes the Rapid Cardiac Echo unit via the Australian Society of Ultrasound Medicine pathway will be considered by both CICM and ASUM to have equivalent qualifications.”

Focused Cardiac Ultrasound FAQs

How long should I take per case?

Aim to take a maximum of five minutes per view, and if after this time you have not made a successful determination, move on to the next view. Overall, a case should take about 20 minutes.

How do I find an assessor?

A list of assessors is available on the Assessor tab.
If you have any difficulties finding an approved assessor, please contact the Education Department.

Am I allowed more than one assessor?

Yes, it is expected that trainees may have several different Assessors for the 30 Cases.

In what order should I do the Focused Cardiac Ultrasound curriculum?

Trainees should attend a face-to-face course first, and then within one year begin completing the 30 Cases. It is expected that the online exam should be the last requirement completed.

How do I find an approved course to attend?

A list of courses is available on the Courses tab

If I don’t start my 30 cases component within one year of completion of a course, do I need to complete another course?

No, beginning your cases within one year of course completion is a recommendation, not a requirement.