BSE was formed to promote the study & advancement of cardiac ultrasound imaging & Doppler techniques, through professional rep, education & quality benchmarking
As a member of the Imaging Council of the
@BritishCardioSo
, we are delighted to have joined with the BCS,
@BSCImaging
,
@BSCMR
and
@bncs_imaging
to produce this statement on the provision of cardiac imaging in the community:
We're delighted that
@DrDanAugustine
has been voted in as President-Elect for 2022-23, taking on the role of President in October 2023. Find out more here:
Professor Dan Augustine, Consultant Cardiologist
@RUHBath
took up his position as President at the AGM yesterday. He is looking forward to leading BSE for the next three years. We thank Dr Claire Colebourn for her outstanding service and dedication during her time as President.
We are delighted to announce the award of Member of the Order of the British Empire to Professor Mark Monaghan, founding member and Past President of the Society
MBEs are awarded for an outstanding achievement or service to the community. Read more here:
🚨 SAVE THE DATE 🚨
💚 BSEcho 2021
📅 Monday 11 - Saturday 16 October 2021
🖥️ Virtual conference
🎥 6 live sessions
📺 20+ hours of on demand content
More info coming soon!
👏🏻👏🏻 Many congratulations to our Investigator of the Year 2023:
💚 Ms Eleanor Drew, Cardiac Scientist
@GWH_NHS
📝 Identification of a three-dimensional transthoracic echocardiography derived correction factor to improve the accuracy of left ventricular outflow tract measurements
🚨 NEW GUIDELINE 🚨
We're delighted to announce our new
#CardioOncology
guideline - read it here:
Check out Profs Mark Monaghan and
@tom_marwick
discussing the journey to publication in our new video:
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🚨 WIN 🚨
10 free
@ASE360
membership up for grabs
You:
💚
@BSEcho
member
🤷 Have not been an
@ASE360
member in 2020 or 2021
📋 Can complete your application by 27/03
To win:
💚 like this post
💬 tag a friend
📨 email events
@bsecho
.org with your name and ID by 5.00 pm 26/03
Today we've published an independent report warning that echo services across the NHS are facing huge challenges as they struggle to retain, recruit and train staff. Our report makes four key recommendations 👇 read them here:
@NHSEngland
@DHSCgovuk
We've released some Level 1 resources to support clinicians during the
#COVID19
pandemic. Learn more about rapid bedside echo here:
#FocusOnPOCUS
#EchoFirst
We've launched a new
#COVID19
webinar in partnership with
@roysocmed
to discuss echo service provision: what we have learned and what's next - save the date:
We had a fantastic weekend completing the
#TwoPointSixChallenge
with our members this weekend!
63 people (and their families and friends) joined us to
#RunBSE
,
#WalkBSE
,
#RideBSE
and more, with a combined total of 340 miles - that's over 13 marathons! (1/6)
The independent UK echo workforce report published today proposes a new echocardiography career structure to facilitate retention and development of the professionals that make up our NHS workforce. Check it out below and read the full report here:
Given the feedback and queries from BSE members in relation to PHE guidelines for PPE, we have written to PHE. As soon as we have a response, we will feedback to you.
We're really excited about the possibilities of our
#BSEWriteTime
programme - it's a great opportunity for those on the journey to publication.
📺 Watch the video with
@Kelly_J_Victor
+
@DrEmmaRees
:
🌏 Find out more and apply:
.
@AimeeDrane
has done some hugely interesting work with primates 🐒 but still counts the human side of healthcare science as her favourite part 🥰
#WomenInScience
@UN_Women
Southampton's
@dr_benoy_n_shah
is about to receive a call... Who's on the phone? What does he have planned for
#BSEcho2020
? Did he really "smash it out the park?" last year? All will be revealed in this week's
#SpeakerSaturday
This is our
#SaturdayShoutout
to all our members; whether you're at home or at work, frontline for
#COVID19
or keeping busy with echo clinics, thriving or surviving, we're proud of you and we're here for you. Keep going - you're amazing!
It’s the people who make it all possible. Thanks everyone for coming along this weekend. We hope you have enjoyed this year’s event and we can’t wait to do it all over again. You are the
#BSEbest
👏🏻 Congratulations to our new Trustees:
💚Dr Sandeep Hothi, Consultant Cardiologist
@RWT_NHS
💚Dr Maria Paton, Clinical Academic Fellow
@LeedsHospitals
and
@UniversityLeeds
💚Dr Kelly Victor, Head of Echocardiography
@clecliniclondon
We look forward to working with you!
And our Investigator of the Year is…
@OSlegg
for his outstanding work on the role of RV free wall longitudinal strain in the
#echo
screening of ppl with suspected pulmonary hypertension and low echo probability. Well done Oliver!
#IOTY
#BSEcho2021
Have you read the case report on ✨Presentation of Inferior STEMI with a large pericardial mass✨ in this quarter's ECHO?
Check out the apical window shown here 👇🏻
Members can read ECHO on our website here:
👏👏 Many congratulations to Professor Roxy Senior, who has been awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award for his outstanding contribution to echocardiography. He is Consultant Cardiologist and Director of Echocardiography
@RBandH
and Director of Cardiac Research
@LNWH_NHS
The Frank Starling curve is “probably the most important piece of physiology that any of us ever learn in intensive care,” says
@BSE_President
kicking off her talk on volume status and
#echo
#EchoInTheICU
#BSEcho2021
And that's a wrap on the
#BSEcho2020
live sessions! It's been an amazing week and we're so delighted that so many of our members and the wider
#echo
community have been able to engage with our virtual conference. We've lined up some figures to recap the week:
Favourite question of the day: "Can we have a way of giving applause at the end of the presentations? Really good session today and I hope the presenters know we are all applauding virtually, even if they cannot hear us!"
#BSEcho2020
It's a big week for us here at BSEcho - our new right heart guideline has just been published in Echo Research and Practice! Give it a read and let us know what you think:
It's International Day of Women and Girls in Science and we have some really exciting items for you! Keep 'em peeled throughout the day 👀
#WomenInScience
Have you checked out our Echo Quality Framework? It represents a comprehensive, patient-centred approach to quality assurance and continuous service improvement
We're working hard to launch our new elearning platform later this year and the Education Committee are focusing on creating in-depth modules to aid your learning - what topics would you like to see?
We're delighted to announce that Investigator of the Year 2020 is
@HelenJordan85
for her presentation Point-of-care echocardiography & thoracic ultrasound in the management of critically ill patients with
#COVID19
infection: Experience in three regional UK intensive care units
💚Are you interested in aortic stenosis?
💚Would you be interested in becoming an Associate Principal Investigator?
Check out our new blog on the
@easyas_trial
from
@DrSaadiaAslam
and Mr Michael Walters:
We are finalising some exciting plans for BSEcho 2020 and we can't wait to share them with you. Keep an eye on the website for launch details and in the meantime, why not start planning your abstract submission?
We're delighted to have worked with the British Junior Cardiologists Association
@TheBJCA
and
@will_jenner
to develop a new extension request process to support LTFT/PT workers going through BSE accreditation. Find out more here:
Thanks to the teams at
@BSEcho
and
@RoySocMed
for their hard work pulling this together
And last but not least, thanks to all our delegates and members for joining us and giving us a reason to provide top-quality echo education for you!
#BSERSMCOVID
Happening right now in Hall 1A.
@DrDanAugustine
discussing BSE guidelines for echo assessment of pulmonary hypertension. He includes contemporary data to discuss the benefits and limitations of the use of echocardiographic markers of pulmonary hypertension.
Whenever you do an
#echo
on a critically ill patient, make sure you know what question you need to answer, then provide a full and contextual report, in a language clinicians can understand, says
@BSE_President
#EchoInTheICU
#BSEcho2021