Ultrasound helps sport clinics initiate swift treatment
Dr Stephen Chew and Dr James Noake with a SonoSite M-Turbo point-of-care ultrasound system.
Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust’s specialist musculoskeletal service is benefitting from an M-Turbo point-of-care ultrasound system, supplied by SonoSite, as sport and exercise medicine (SEM) consultant Dr Stephen Chew explained: “Our primary care-based, one-stop SEM clinics were introduced to help reduce the number and improve the quality of orthopaedic referrals, as well as to enable swift initiation of treatment for a wide range of MSK conditions. Ultrasound scanning plays a key role in this, aiding diagnosis and patient education, and allowing image-guided injections to be performed in the clinic.
“As we operate from several locations, the M-Turbo’s portability and robustness are ideal, and its straightforward, intuitive interface gives us the capability to just switch on and start scanning, which makes all the difference when time is short.”
See the full report on page 28 of the February 2015 issue of RAD Magazine.