Foundations of Echocardiography: BSE Level 1 Focused Scan

This video walkthrough of a focused transthoracic scan of a healthy volunteer has been made primarily for the benefit of trainees within our department who are studying towards the British Society of Echocardiography (BSE) level 1 accreditation.

Details of the accreditation process can be found here: https://www.bsecho.org/bse-level-1/

I have tried to follow the structure laid out within the level 1 minimum dataset (which can be accessed here: https://www.bsecho.org/media/236270/l...) with a few minor alterations which reflect our departmental teaching and practice. Wherever there are differences these are stated explicitly within the video.

We run courses teaching both comprehensive (Level 2) and focused (Level 1) echocardiography, and details of these courses can be found on our twitter feed @EchoFoundations.

Feel free to leave comments below. Thanks for watching.

... and special thanks to Oscar who kindly volunteered.