Search Tag: point-of-care ultrasound

IMAGING Management

2016 20 Sep

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 procedure. Anaesthetist Dr Philippe Grillo explains the benefits of this approach, and...Read more

IMAGING Management

2016 15 Sep

The robustness of the NanoNaxx system makes it ideal for use  in   Africa . A unique collaboration between the charity Health Improvement Project Zanzibar (HIPZ) and the Zanzibar government has seen  point-of-care   ultrasound  systems  in troduced  in to the country’s hospitals, helping to improve  maternity   services . Dr Ru MacDonagh,...Read more

IMAGING Management

2016 19 Jul

Surgical teams from the UK-based charity Healing Little Hearts are using point-of-care ultrasound to help accelerate recoveries and improve outcomes for paediatric patients with congenital heart defects. Healing Little Hearts provides life-saving heart operations to babies and children across India who would not otherwise have access to treatment,...Read more

IMAGING Management

2016 25 May

Point-of-care ultrasound is an essential tool for Dr Mark Ridgewell, an early pioneer for sports and exercise medicine (SEM) and, for the past 13 years, consultant sports physician at the Sport Wales Institute. He explained: “Point-of-care musculoskeletal ultrasound has developed into an extremely useful tool for SEM, particularly in the last 10...Read more

IMAGING Management

2016 20 Apr

Ultrasound technology is taking to the skies with the Essex Herts Air Ambulance Trust, a charity that provides a free, life-saving Helicopter Emergency Medical Service for the critically ill and injured of Essex, Hertfordshire and the surrounding areas.   Stuart Elms, Clinical Director of the Trust, explained: “We operate two helicopters crewed by...Read more