Level 1 Video Lecture: The Focused Echo

This is the first in a series of video lectures that are designed around the curriculum for the British Society of Echocardiography's (BSE) level 1 accreditation.

This introductory lecture is essentially a walkthrough of a level 1 scan in a healthy volunteer, and guides the viewer through the level 1 minimum dataset, covering which views should be obtained, which measurements should be made and what are the key assessments.

Contents
00:00 - Intro
00:54 - What is focused echocardiography?
02:28 - Introducing the phased array probe and probe manipulation
04:28 - Walkthrough: Parasternal Long AXis views (PLAX)
10:01 - Walkthrough: Parasternal Short AXis views (PSAX)
12:56 - Walkthrough: Apical views (A4Ch/A5Ch)
16:44 - Walkthrough: Sub-costal views
19:57 - Summary of the minimum dataset

This is a modified version of a video first uploaded in 2019 (ammended to take in to account updated BSE normal reference intervals, published after this video was first produced).