Echo in the COVID era

ABSTRACT

2020 and COVID gave the Health Care system a whole new set of challenges. But every country had a different experience. While Australia braced itself for a similar situation to Italy, New York or London, our experience turned out to be as unique as everyone else. This presentation looks at the Monash Heart response to COVID and the actual reality of what occurred. It will look at some of the common conditions COVID produced that ECHO helped diagnose, and the Protocols and Practices we used to address the challenges we faced as a Sonographer. We can also look at what we learned and how we can take this into our present and future practice.