Ten years of point-of-care ultrasound for King’s College
Fujifilm SonoSite’s education manager and clinical apps specialist Vanessa Wickens, regional sales manager Lee Murray and emergency medicine consultant Dr George Nada.
King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust’s emergency department in London deals with over 400 cases every day and pint-of-care ultrasound now forms an integral part of many patient assessment pathways. Emergency medicine consultant Dr George Nada said: “We currently use ultrasound for four main activities: FAST scans, insertion of peripheral lines, AAA screens and basic echocardiography, but it also has applications in many other areas, such as guiding the placement of chest drains, ascetic taps and femoral nerve blocks.
“Our latest Fujifilm SonoSite X-Porte system has a large screen which makes it easy to see the structures of interest. Its built-in learning modules are excellent; new registrars can work through the tutorials and don’t need any specific training on how to use the instrument.”
See the full report on page 16 of the March 2017 issue of RAD Magazine.
