Austere and prehospital ultrasound course

Sted: Skullerud Park, Olaf Helsets vei 5, 0694 Oslo - 27-28.october 2026

Austere and prehospital ultrasound course — APUS

Prometheus Medical International in collaboration with the College of Remote and Offshore Medicine Foundation (CoROM), is pleased to offer the Austere and prehospital ultrasound course — APUS — in Norway.

Austere and prehospital ultrasound course is a practical point-of-care ultrasound course designed for clinicians working in prehospital, remote, austere, tactical, maritime, expedition, and resource-limited environments. The course introduces participants to the use of focused diagnostic ultrasound as a decision-support tool when access to advanced imaging, hospital diagnostics, or specialist support may be limited.

The Austere and prehospital ultrasound course is suitable for doctors, paramedics, nurses, clinical medical officers, military medics, and other healthcare professionals who need to develop practical ultrasound skills for challenging clinical environments.

Date: 27-28.october 2026
Location: Skullerud Park, Olaf Helsets vei 5, 0694 Oslo
Registration: Click here to register

Certification and CPD

Participants who complete the required online and practical components will receive a CoROM certificate.
The Austere and prehospital ultrasound course provides 16 CPD hours through CoROM.

Why austere and prehospital ultrasound (APUS)?

In remote and prehospital environments, clinical decisions often need to be made with limited resources, limited time, and limited access to hospital diagnostics. Focused ultrasound can support assessment, triage, treatment decisions, and evacuation planning.

The Austere and prehospital ultrasound course (APUS) gives clinicians a practical foundation in using ultrasound where it may matter most: close to the patient, outside the traditional hospital setting, and in environments where every decision counts.

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Course content

The Austere and prehospital ultrasound (APUS) course introduces the core principles of diagnostic ultrasound and its application in austere and prehospital care.
Topics include:

Ultrasound fundamentals, image orientation, depth, gain, and probe selection
eFAST and ultrasound in trauma assessment
Cardiac ultrasound and limited haemodynamic assessment
Pneumothorax and pleural effusion assessment
Renal and abdominal aorta assessment
Vascular access using ultrasound guidance
Ultrasound use in tropical, austere, and remote medicine
Orthopaedic ultrasound and selected advanced applications

Learning outcomes

After completing the Austere and prehospital ultrasound course, participants should be able to understand the basic physics of ultrasound, select the appropriate transducer for common bedside examinations, optimise basic ultrasound image settings, identify normal and selected pathological findings, and apply focused ultrasound as part of clinical decision-making in prehospital and resource-limited settings.

Course format

The Austere and prehospital ultrasound course combines mandatory online preparation with two days of hands-on classroom training.

Participants will complete the CoROM online pre-learning programme before attending the practical course. The classroom component focuses heavily on scanning practice, image acquisition, clinical application, and supervised use of ultrasound machines.

The Austere and prehospital ultrasound course will be delivered in English by experienced Norwegian instructors and supported by CoROM’s international academic and clinical framework.

We are running this course in collaboration with the College of Remote and Offshore Medicine Foundation (CoROM), so you can read more about the course and COROM here:

College of Remote and Offshore Medicine