Anaesthetists used a SonoSite point-of-care ultrasound system while treating victims of the Nepal earthquakes. Vast areas of Nepal were destroyed by a magnitude 7.8 earthquake in April of this year, leaving local doctors trying to cope with huge numbers of seriously injured patients requiring urgent treatment. A second earthquake followed shortly afterwards, with further casualties. Andreas […]
Read MoreTeam Echo members. Toshiba Medical Systems supported a medical programme in the aftermath of the Japanese earthquake and tsunami disaster by supplying three portable Viamo ultrasound systems. Since the devastation that hit the Tohoku region of Japan, many of those who managed to survive the disaster lost their homes and are now spending […]
Read MoreSee one, do one, teach one. Dr Vida Hamilton, consultant anaesthetist at Waterford General Hospital, Ireland, takes advantage of ultrasound guidance for the first time in Haiti. During his recent trip to Haiti, SonoSite’s robust MicroMaxx point-of-care ultrasound system proved vital to Dr Sameer Bhandari, a consultant anaesthetist working with the Merlin medical relief […]
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