2024 RACEplus – Hong Kong
Event Date:
19 November 2024
Event Location:
Hong Kong Adventist Hospital Tsuen Wan
** Please note while we try our best to offer the listed courses, there is always a small chance that the course may be cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances. In this case, we will offer refund in full.**
Location: HK Adventist Hospital – Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong
Date: 19 – 20 November 2024
Fee: AUD1,550.00*
*Early bird offer. Fee will be AUD1,700 after 19 October 2024.
RACE (Rapid Assessment by Cardiac Echo) is a transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) course specifically designed for the critical care and acute care physicians. Its objective is to equip physicians in these areas with the skills and knowledge to perform focused bedside TTE so that common cardiac and haemodynamic disorders can be identified quickly. RACE is suitable for physicians with little or no prior knowledge of TTE, and there is a strong focus on HANDS-ON practice in this course.
Course content
✓Left heart function
✓Right heart function
✓Pericardial effusion and cardiac tamponade
✓Intravascular volume (fluid status) assessment
RACEplus is an extended course of RACE. The content of RACEplus:
♦ Day 1: RACE workshop
♦ Day 2: Intermediate (the plus) module that includes
✓Lung ultrasound
✓Echo in hypotensive patients
✓Focused assessment and feedback from instructors
✓Case interpretation workshop
ePre-course
After registration, participants will have access to our ePre-course.
** Important: Please remember to create an account (by creating a password) in the check-out page in order to access ePre-course.
Co-organisers
This course is co-organized with
- Macau Society of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine
- Conde S. Januario Hospital, Macau
- Clinical Training Center, HKAH – TW
Accreditations and CME points
This RACEplus is supported by Macau Society of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine and Hong Kong College of Emergency Medicine. RACEplus is a recognized course for mandatory training for Fellowship of CICM, and CME purpose by various colleges in Australasia & other countries, including CICM, ACEM, ANZCA, RACP, ASUM (RCE and BELS), HKCEM and HKCA.
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RACEplus is recognized by ASUM for CCPU (RCE & BELS) purposes, and is approved for 12.5 ACEM CPD hours.
Note: Participants claiming ACEM CPD hours are also required to submit an ACEM Evaluation Form to the College.
Program
Program available here.
*Important
- All fees and payments are in Australian dollars (AUD).
- The registration fee includes a copy of McLean & Huang (2012) Critical Care Ultrasound Manual. Elsevier Australia.
Sponsor
This course is sponsored by Philips Health System (Hong Kong & Macau)
Event FAQs
Course registration is not transferable, unless approved by the Event Secretary.
Cancellation by Registrant will attract the following administration fees (as % of total purchase fees) regardless of reasons: more than 8 weeks prior: 5%; 4 to 8 weeks prior: 20%; 2 to 4 weeks prior: 70%; less than 2 weeks prior: 80%; or no show: 100% (no refund).
The Organiser reserves the right to cancel or postpone the course due to natural disaster, pandemic, not enough interest in the course, or other unforeseeable circumstances. If a course is cancelled by the Organiser, full (100%) refund will be returned to the Registrant. If the course is postponed, the Registrant can either seek a full refund or attend the course on the new date(s). Please note that while we will try our best to announce any cancellation or postponement at least 20 days prior to the original delivery date, this cannot be guaranteed in unforeseen circumstances.
