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Dedicated ultrasound makes pain management more efficient

Consultant in pain medicine Dr Tom Smith with the Edge ultrasound system. The Pain and Neuromodulation Centre at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, under the leadership of clinical director Dr Adnan Al-Kaisy, has invested in SonoSite’s Edge hand-carried ultrasound system for diagnosis and treatment of patients suffering from chronic pain. Consultant in pain medicine […]

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Portable systems give staff the edge

Consultant interventional radiologist Dr Richard McWilliams with a SonoSite Edge. The Royal Liverpool University Hospital’s interventional radiology department has invested in two SonoSite Edge hand-carried ultrasound systems. Consultant interventional radiologist Dr Richard McWilliams said: “SonoSite is very keen on training and education so, when we sought a commercial partner to provide courses for the use […]

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Portable ultrasound helps volunteers in Sierra Leone

Dr Zul Hanafiah uses SonoSite’s M-Turbo ultrasound system to perform a regional nerve block. SonoSite’s loan of an M-Turbo hand-carried ultrasound system was of great help for a volunteer team visiting Sierra Leone to perform hand sugery. The British Society for Surgery of the Hand team, which included anaesthetist Dr Zul Hanafiah from Chelsea and […]

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Patients are helped to understand treatment goals

One of the ways Dr Fayez Morcos uses the SonoSite M-Turbo is to aid the accurate injection of botulinum toxin. Neurological rehabilitation services at The Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust are benefitting from accurate ultrasound needle guidance using SonoSite’s M-Turbo hand-carried ultrasound system. Consultant in rehabilitation medicine Dr Fayez Morcos, said: “We provide in-patient neurological […]

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NanoMaxx well suited to flying emergency service

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 […]

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NanoMaxx a winner at Queenscourt Hospice

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 […]

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Portable unit helps reduce wait at the Adelaide

Physiotherapist Nicky Wilson says the SonoSite M-Turbo has proved its worth in the shoulder clinic. Patients attending at Solent NHS Trust’s musculoskeletal clinics at the Adelaide Health Centre in Southampton are benefitting from SonoSite’s M-Turbo hand-carried ultrasound system. Clinical specialist physiotherapist Nicky Wilson said: “The introduction of ultrasound into our shoulder clinics came about because […]

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Anaesthetists confidently visualise nerves

Dr Nathaniel Haslam performs a nerve block with the SonoSite M-Turbo. Sunderland Royal Hospital has equipped a dedicated regional anaesthesia room with two SonoSite M-Turbo hand-­carried ultrasound systems to perform nerve blocks and improve theatre efficiency in trauma and orthopaedics. Dr Nathaniel Haslam, consultant anaesthetist with a special interest in regional anaesthesia, said: “The use […]

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