POCUS Profile: Dr. Farah Chaudhry

Point-of-care ultrasound uses in women's health

Dr. Farah Chaudhry, Consultant in Sexual and Reproductive Health for Leeds Sexual Health, West Yorkshire, describes how point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) allows her to give informed and clear assurances to women using long-acting contraception.

When IV Insertion Seems Impossible

20 to 1: New hospital program reduces number of failed IV insertion attempts

Any medical professional with hospital experience knows how crucial peripheral IV access can be. Getting fluids and medications into a critically ill or injured patient can make or break the effectiveness of their treatment.

Sports and Exercise Medicine Benefits from the Use of Ultrasound

Dr. Mark Ridgewell

Point-of-care ultrasound is an essential tool for Dr. Mark Ridgewell, an early pioneer of sport and exercise medicine (SEM). Through the course of his career, Mark has worked with many amateur and professional sportsmen and women, beginning with rugby and including three years with England Cricket and eight years with the Wales football team.

Floating Doctors: Remembering a Foetal Ultrasound from Years Ago

Sonosite Floating Doctors trip

by Dr. Ben LaBrot, founder of Floating Doctors

As of this writing, my wife is pregnant with our first child, and the novelty has long since worn off.  After looking after so many other people’s pregnancies, it’s a novel experience to be on the other end of the ultrasound probe, as it were. 

POCUS in Emergency Medicine: Dispatches from Iraqi Kurdistan

Sonosite blog: The Indispensable Role of Ultrasound in Iraq

Medical imageing offers life-saving insights into patient health—and perhaps no other imageing modality is more versatile and mobile than point-of-care ultrasound

In a fascinating dispatch from the Kurdish city of Duhok in northern Iraq, Dr. Christine Butts describes how point-of-care ultrasound is an indispensable tool for emergency physicians, especially when patients arrive unconscious and with no indication of an obvious malady.

POCUS in Pre-hospital Settings: Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Sonosite blog: POCUS for Pre-Hospital Care

Time is of the essence in an emergency situation, and may be the difference between life and death.  Ambulance crews on the front line must decide rapidly whether or not a patient is suffering from a life-threatening condition requiring specialist treatment, and point-of-care ultrasound can provide vital guidance. 

Sonosite Sells 100,000th Ultrasound System

Sonosite sells it's 100,000 system

FUJIFILM Sonosite is delighted to announce that we have recently sold our 100,000th system

A Sonosite X-Porte, our premier kiosk ultrasound system, was delivered to a hospital in California in early October. 

7 Ways to Include POCUS in Medical School Training

When Dr. Peter Steinmetz took on the task of ensuring McGill University’s medical school graduates would be proficient in the use of point-of-care ultrasound, he faced numerous challenges, not the least of which was the fact that the undergraduate medical school curriculum was already full.

Emergency Medicine Professionals: What to Look For at ACEP16

If you’re headed to ACEP16, here’s a list of the Top Five Tips and Trends to look for.

There are a lot of things Las Vegas is known for – gambling, over-the-top entertainment, and world-class dining. Now there’s one more thing to add to that list: ACEP 2016 – the leading event for emergency medicine. In a few days, thousands of emergency medical professionals from around the globe will gather for ACEP16, an immersive experience that goes beyond what typical medical conferences offer. So what makes ACEP16 so important?

Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery Using Ultrasound-Guided Nerve Blocks

thyroid surgery without the use of general anesthetic

A Sonosite SII point-of-care ultrasound system recently played a key role in an innovative procedure of thyroid surgery without the use of general anaesthetic.
Dr. Rüdiger Eichholz, a consultant anaesthetist working for private practise in Stuttgart, Germany, explained the case.