NanoMaxx

Surgeons for Healing Little Hearts. Surgical teams from the UK-based charity Healing Little Hearts are using point-of-care ultrasound to help accelerate recovery and improve outcomes for paediatric patients with congenital heart defects.  The charity provides heart operations to babies and children across India who would not otherwise have access to treatment, as well as helping […]

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 […]

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 […]

Dr Fiona Bailey with a NanoMaxx system. Woking and Sam Beare Hospices in Surrey have invested in a SonoSite NanoMaxx point-of-care ultrasound system to enhance palliative care services for its patients.  Medical director and consultant in palliative medicine Dr Fiona Bailey said: “We have used ultrasound for a number of years and find it very […]

EMRS critical care practitioners, ready to fly. Glasgow’s Emergency Medical Retrieval Service (EMRS) has evaluated SonoSite’s NanoMaxx hand-carried ultrasound system for its helicopter retrieval service. Registrar Dr Laura McGregor said: “EMRS supports emergency care for patients in remote rural areas, providing rapid access to critical care interventions and transfer to hospital for ongoing treatment. We […]

Dr Tim Jones uses a SonoSite NanoMaxx at Queenscourt Hospice. Staff at Queenscourt Hospice in Southport are directing symptom-relieving treatments for a range of conditions using SonoSite’s NanoMaxx hand-carried ultrasound system. Consultant in palliative medicine Dr Karen Groves said: “Most of the people in our care are very frail, weak and fatigued and so we […]

Rob Luke with a SonoSite NanoMaxx at Heavitree Hospital, Exeter. The Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust has chosen four SonoSite NanoMaxx hand-­carried ultrasound systems to help equip its central and satellite haemodialysis units. Rob Luke, matron for haemodialysis at Heavitree Hospital, Exeter, said: “The big advantage of the NanoMaxx is its simplicity and […]

Consultant respiratory physician Dr She Lok with QEII’s SonoSite NanoMaxx. The portability and ease of use of SonoSite’s NanoMaxx point-of-care ultrasound systems are said to have enhanced management of pleural effusions at the Queen Elizabeth II Hospital (QEII) in Welwyn Garden City.   Consultant respiratory physician Dr She Lok said: “Because this service can be […]