Improving the Safety and Quality of Pediatric Emergency Care with Point-of-Care Ultrasound: Part 1
Beckers Clinical Leadership & Infection Control
Stephanie J. Doniger, MD, RDMS, FAAP, FACEP
One of the most appealing aspects of ultrasound is its inherent safety. With images generated using sound waves, rather than with the use of ionizing radiation, use of point-of-care ultrasound in Pediatric Emergency Medicine has risen dramatically. In this article by Dr. Stephanie J. Doniger, emergency physicians can learn more about improving the safety and quality of Pediatric Emergency Care with point-of-care ultrasound. This article, the first in a two-part series, provides an overview of potential life-saving applications for the use of point-of-care ultrasound in pediatric emergency medicine including specifics regarding implementation.
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POCUS in Emergency Medicine: Dispatches from Iraqi Kurdistan
Medical imaging offers life-saving insights into patient health—and perhaps no other imaging 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
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. …
Ultrasound Transducers FAQ
Answers to some basic questions about ultrasound transducers.
Ultrasound “Transducer”? Or Ultrasound “Probe”?
Which term is correct: ultrasound transducer or ultrasound probe?
The truth is that both terms are correct, although the term “probe” has become less used in recent years, for reasons unknown (perhaps because it sounds more invasive?).
You may hear the terms “transducer” and “probe” used interchangeably to this day. At Sonosite, we tend to use the term “transducer”, although some of our customers prefer to say “probe.” …
iViz Handheld Ultrasound for Physical Therapy
Point-of-care ultrasound plays an important role in sports medicine, and is key to the successful treatment of many injuries, whether assessing muscles, tendons and ligaments for damage or for guiding spinal column injections. Returning to the sports field as soon as possible is a priority for many athletes, and a fast diagnosis is essential to kick start the treatment process. …
Sonosite Sells 100,000th Ultrasound 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. …
Estableciendo un programa de gestión del dolor agudo que genere valor
Anesthesiology News
Edward R. Mariano, MD, MAS
Con la creciente preocupación con respecto a la epidemia de opiacios en los Estados Unidos, el Dr. Edward Mariano, Jefe del Servicio de Anestesia y Cuidados Perioperatorios del Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System y Profesor del Departmento de Anestesiología, Perioperatorio y Medicina del Dolor de la Stanford University School of Medicine describe una serie de estrategias para el éxito de los hospitales al iniciar un programa de medicina para el dolor agudo. Iniciar un programa de medicamentos para el dolor agudo puede agregar un valor significativo a un hospital a través de un mejor control del dolor postoperatorio, una recuperación más rápida, una disminución de los efectos secundarios y una mayor satisfacción del paciente. El artículo publicado recientemente por el Dr. Mariano en una edición especial de Anesthesiology News muestra a los hospitales sobre cómo comenzar con un modelo de Perioperative Surgical Home, que incluye el uso de guía por ecografía al realizar técnicas de anestesia regional y tener éxito. Lea este artículo para obtener más información y vea el video asociado:
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What's the Total Cost of that Ultrasound System? Download Our Infographic
You've seen the ultrasound demos. You've gotten quotes from a sales person. You're trying to make a final decision between three different point-of-care ultrasound systems.
All three systems have pluses and minuses; you're thinking of more than just cost. But speaking of the cost of that point-of-care solution, do you know what the final, actual cost will be, year over year? …
Ultrasound Guidance for Fistula Surgery in The Gambia
Point-of-care ultrasound is a valuable tool for successful dialysis fistula surgery, allowing pre-operative mapping to find a suitable site and post operative fistula scanning to check for stenosis and adequate blood flow.
Anna Jerram, a clinical vascular scientist at the Manchester Royal Infirmary, discusses the role POC ultrasound played during a recent trip to The Gambia to provide critical fistula surgery to patients. …
Ultrasound Guidelines for Pediatric Vascular Access
More than five million central venous catheter (CVC) lines are placed in hospitals each year, making it one of the most common invasive emergency room procedures. …
Innovative Scottish Program Puts POCUS in Rural Ambulances
FUJIFILM Sonosite’s M-Turbo point-of-care (POC) ultrasound systems will soon be providing pre-hospital diagnostics across the Scottish Highlands as part of the innovative SatCare trial. This study aims to combine POC ultrasound and advanced communications to enable remote image interpretation and decision making for a range of time-critical conditions. …
Spanish NGO Cirugía Solidaria Uses M-Turbo in Kenyan Health Mission
During the Summer of 2017, a group of healthcare professionals – the majority from the Hospital Clínico Universitario Virgen de la Arrixaca (HCUVA) in Murcia, Spain – travelled to Kenya in partnership with the Spanish NGO Cirugía Solidaria.
They brought along surgical equipment – from beds to lamps to scalpels – to create a first-rate hospital set-up, most of which was donated by HCUVA. …
POCUS Support for Professional Spanish Athletes
Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) is an essential everyday tool in sports medicine at the Clinica Ivre in Valencia, Spain.
Trauma specialist Dr. Miguel Ángel Buil-Bellver describes how ultrasound examination of the musculo-skeletal system has made diagnosing injuries easier and quicker, informing treatment decisions and help-ing athletes to return to their sports sooner. …
Sonosite iViz on the Race Across America
The Race Across America is billed as the world’s toughest bicycle race; a non-stop, coast-to-coast, transcontinental trek from Oceanside, California to Annapolis, Maryland. Racers cycle for over 3,000 miles across 12 states of frequently arid terrain, and climb 170,000 feet through three mountain ranges, with the fastest teams finishing in just over five days, and solo racers in under eight. …
Need to Purchase Imaging Equipment? Consider All Costs of Ownership.
Becker's Hospital CFO Report
Rich Fabian, Chief Operation Officer, FUJIFILM Sonosite
With healthcare providers becoming more concerned about the cost of providing services to their patients, the purchasing decision regarding imaging equipment, including new or replacement ultrasound systems, needs to include an analysis of the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) over the lifetime of that imaging equipment. Rich Fabian, Chief Operating Officer, FUJIFILM Sonosite, shares a roadmap for those making purchasing decisions regarding what are the soft-costs that need to be taken into account when evaluating the TCO of a new piece of imaging equipment.
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9 Reasons Ultrasound is Invaluable for Nephrologists
Point-of-care ultrasound is fast becoming a key instrumental technique in nephrology , supporting diagnostics and improving delivery of renal replacement therapy and subsequent vascular monitoring.
Here are the top 9 reasons why nephrologists can't afford to ignore ultrasound-guided procedures and applications. …
Global Health: Fujifilm Sonosite Machines Assist Puerto Rican Recovery
Dr. Alfredo Tirado is from Florida Hospital in Orlando, and has been leading an emergency response mission in Puerto Rico to help with Hurricane Maria relief.
FUJIFILM Sonosite has contributed four M-Turbos to the medical recovery efforts, and Dr. Tirado sent us an update on his work with medical patients on the island. He is being escorted by helicopter to the most at-need regions and in the image below he is using the Sonosite iViz to perform a FAST scan on a patient. …
Battling Opioid Over-Prescription from Inside the ED
Did you know that nearly half of all opioid overdoses involve a prescription?
Physicians are beginning to tackle the problem at ground zero: in the ED, where many patients receive their first prescription opioids. …
Join Fujifilm Sonosite at ASA 2017
Sonosite is proud to participate in Anesthesiology 17, North America’s premier Anesthesia conference. …
The Changing Face of Anesthesia
With constant pressure on healthcare providers to improve the quality and efficiency of care while reducing costs, standardization of patient management is a logical step towards more streamlined services. Anesthesia is one area that is beginning to embrace this approach, combining regional nerve blocks with ultrasound guidance to improve both the quality and effectiveness of patient care while minimizing hospital stays. …