ICU

POC is a helping hand for paediatric ICU doctors

Dr José Luis Vázquez Martinez. Doctors working in the eight-bed paediatric intensive care unit at the Ramón y Cajal University Hospital in Madrid are using point-of-care (POC) ultrasound extensively to evaluate the condition of critically ill children. Head of UCIP Dr José Luis Vázquez Martínez has more than 25 years’ experience in paediatric intensive care […]

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Dual screen aids training in critical care ultrasound

The X-Porte has touch screen control. Watford Hospital, part of West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust, is using ultrasound in the diagnosis and treatment of critical care patients.  Consultant in anaesthesia and intensive care Dr Devaraja Acharya explained: “The hospital has a busy 19-bed ICU that relies on point-of-care (POC) ultrasound to assist patient diagnoses, and […]

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A rise of point-of-care ultrasound at Southampton General

Dr Max Jonas in the ICU. Staff at Southampton General Hospital’s intensive care unit are finding point-of-care ultrasound indispensable as intensive care and anaesthesia consultant Dr Max Jonas explained: “Southampton General is a category A trauma centre, with a 25-bed general ICU.  We also treat surgical intensive care and high dependency patients, and cover surgical aspects […]

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Vascular access is obtained without delay

Director of PICU Dr Akash Deep (right) and SonoSite UK education manager and clinical lead Vanessa Wickens. Ultrasound technology is helping the paediatric intensive care unit (PICU) at King’s College Hospital, London, to rapidly obtain vascular access in critically ill patients.  Director of PICU Dr Akash Deep said: “PICU treats patients ranging in age from […]

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Easy to clean touch screen meets infection control

Pictured following the handover of a GE Healthcare Venue 50 ultrasound system to the emergency department at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London, are GE ultrasound  sales specialist Corné Swart, healthcare assistant Ryan Delaney, lead consultant emergency department Dr Michelle Earby and staff nurse Hamd Fadega. The system is the latest addition to the company’s point […]

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Retrievals are aided by portable ultrasound

The Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Edinburgh, finds a NanoMaxx assists in retrievals. SonoSite’s NanoMaxx ultrasound system is proving a key asset for ambulance and helicopter paediatric retrievals across Scotland, helping to ensure the safe transfer of patients from remote sites. Consultant in paediatric anaesthesia and intensive care retrieval at the Royal Hospital for Sick […]

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Logiq e for Royal Brompton Hospital

Pictured in the paediatric intensive care unit (PICU) at the Royal Brompton Hospital in London with a GE Healthcare Logiq e portable ultrasound system are consultant paediatric intensivist Dr Sandra Gala-Peralta, GE Healthcare point-of-care ultrasound sales specialist Corne Swart and a clinical fellow Dr Nirmala Chakkalakal. This is the first newly-developed Logiq e to be […]

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