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User Stories: 25 Years of Point-of-Care Ultrasound in Anaesthesia

November 23, 2016
Dr. Thomas Grau, Head of Anaesthesia, Surgery, Intensive Care, Emergency Medicine and Pain at the Gütersloh Clinic, first studied ultrasound for a PhD on spinal imaging at Heidelberg University Hospital in the 1990s. 25 years on, he reflects on the role p
Dr. Thomas Grau, Head of Anaesthesia, Surgery, Intensive Care, Emergency Medicine and Pain at the Gütersloh Clinic, first studied ultrasound for a PhD on spinal imaging at Heidelberg University Hospital in the 1990s. 25 years on, he reflects on the...[Read more]

User Stories: A Clear Path for Ambulatory Care

November 14, 2016
Anaesthetist Dr Philippe Grillo explains the role of point-of-care ultrasound in ensuring effective nerve blocks and post-operative pain relief.
The Clinique Juge is a Marseille clinic specialising in ambulatory surgery. Combining regional anaesthesia with focused pre- and post-operative care, the clinic aims to allow patients to return home soon after orthopaedic surgery, often on the same day as their...[Read more]

Emergency Medicine Professionals: What to Look For at ACEP16

October 12, 2016
If you’re headed to ACEP16, here’s a list of the Top Five Tips and Trends to look for.
There are a lot of things Las Vegas is known for – gambling, over-the-top entertainment, and world-class dining. Now there’s one more thing to add to that list: ACEP 2016 – the leading event for emergency medicine. In a few...[Read more]

3 Steps to Get Buy-in for your POCUS Expansion Programme

October 6, 2016
Anyone who has ever tried to change the way medicine is practised knows that inertia makes it difficult to get buy-in from colleagues and administrators. Introducing a relatively familiar technology, like point-of-care ultrasound, into a broader hospital setting might not...[Read more]

User Stories: Spreading Point-of-Care Ultrasound Hospital-Wide

September 29, 2016
What departments are the heaviest users of point-of-care ultrasound in an American-based hospital? The answer varies from hospital to hospital, but we usually see Emergency Medicine, Cardiology, Critical Care and Anaesthesiology rounding out the heavyweight users of bedside ultrasound. But...[Read more]

8 Ways to Avoid Central Line Placement Complications

September 1, 2016
Placing a central venous catheter using ultrasound guidance
Central line complications: they’re risky, costly, and all-around burden to healthcare. Whether it’s CLABSIs or iatrogenic pneumothoraces, CVC complications are not just terrifying for patients and unnerving for doctors; they are also costly for medical facilities. Fortunately, there are tested...[Read more]

Fujifilm Design Studio: SonoSite SII Wins Silver at International Design Excellence Awards

August 26, 2016
SonoSite SII Wins Silver at International Design Excellence Awards
Last year, Craig Chamberlain and his team of designers traveled around the world – over 101,964 miles, to be exact – meeting clinicians in hospitals and clinics to observe how they use point-of-care ultrasound. Chamberlain is the Director of Experience...[Read more]

POC Ultrasound Testing Speeds Diagnosis, Safety at the Bedside

June 13, 2016
Physicians today face a multitude of ever evolving challenges, and one thing we’ve seen is an increase in the demand for educational sessions covering the latest in ultrasound. Dr. Keith Boniface from the George Washington University School of Medicine talked...[Read more]

FUJIFILM SonoSite Announces Launch of the New Sonosite Edge II System

March 8, 2016
“Since SonoSite introduced the first portable ultrasound system in 1999, it has continued to build solutions that anticipate the bedside provider’s needs,” said Diku Mandavia, MD, FACEP, FRCPC, Chief Medical Officer and Senior Vice President, FUJIFILM SonoSite Inc. and FUJIFILM...[Read more]

Rotterdam, Netherlands ambulance paramedics trained to diagnose AAA condition in transport

March 8, 2016
Amsterdam, 19th of January 2016. [This is translated to English from the Netherland’s news paper] The ambulances in Rotterdam Netherlands during the coming 5 months are equipped with ultrasound imaging that could be life saving with people with an AAA...[Read more]

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