VTE Together – FAMUS & FUSIC Heart Workshops

These half-day FAMUS and FUSIC Heart workshops are being held as part of the annual VTE Together conference. They are organised by VTEDublin and will take place at the Bromley Emergency Courses training centre in London.

If you have any queries, please contact khphaematology@kcl.ac.uk.

The workshops are purely practical. Delegates will be provided with online pre-learning to complete in advance; the in-person sessions will focus entirely on hands-on scanning. Scroll down to view the programme.

Date: 1st October 2025

Time: 

  • FAMUS Workshop: 8:30 am – 12:30 pm
  • FUSIC Heart Workshop: 1:15 pm – 5:15 pm

Cost: £250 per workshop, or £450 if you book both (plus Eventbrite booking fees)

Venue: Terracotta Court (ground floor), 167 Tower Bridge Road, London, SE1 3LN

FAMUS and FUSIC workshops

VTE Together is a not-for-profit annual conference traditionally held in Dublin each autumn. For the first time, it will take place in London on 2–3 October 2025, with FAMUS and FUSIC Heart pre-conference workshops held the day before. You can find out more here.

FAMUS-ultrasound
Cardiac ultrasound
FAMUS-simulator

 FAMUS & FUSIC Heart Workshop Programmes

FAMUS Workshop

Approved by the Society for Acute Medicine

FAMUS

FUSIC Heart Workshop

Approved by the Intensive Care Society

FUSIC
  • 08:30 – 09:00 Registration & Introduction
  • 09:00 – 10:00 Abdomen
  • 10:00 – 11:00 Thoracic
  • 11:00 – 11:15 Coffee Break
  • 11:15 – 12:00 DVT
  • 12:00 – 12:30 PIV
  • 13:15 – 13:30 Registration & Introduction
  • 13:30 – 14:30 Parasternal
  • 14:30 – 15:30 Apical
  • 15:30 – 15:45 Coffee Break
  • 15:45 – 16:45 Subcostal / IVC
  • 16:45 – 17:15 Pathology (LV/RV failure, chamber dilatation, pericardial effusion, low preload)

Who Will Be Teaching on the Workshops

Dr Tomas Breslin

Dr Tomás Breslin,
FAMUS Course Director, Consultant in Emergency Medicine, FAMUS Supervisor

Dr Anna Colclough

Dr Anna Colclough,
FUSIC Heart Course Director, Consultant in Emergency Medicine, FUSIC Heart Mentor

Professor Dan Horner

Professor Dan Horner,
Consultant in Emergency and Critical Care Medicine

Dr Gillian Judge

Dr Gillian Judge,
Consultant in Emergency Medicine

Dr R Martin Dachsel

Dr Martin Dachsel,
Consultant in Acute Medicine, Member of the FAMUS Working Group

Dr Rachel Gilmore

Dr Rachel Gilmore,
Consultant in Emergency Medicine, FUSIC accredited

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