Ultrasound Guy Gives Back to Jamaica with Sonosite’s Help

Trevor Dixon, MD, RDMS, is the Director of Emergency Ultrasound at Jacobi Medical Centre in New York City and the founder and CEO of the JAHJAH Foundation (Jamaicans Abroad Helping Jamaicans At Home). Because of his specialty, Dr. Dixon is known as “The Ultrasound Guy.” …

Anaesthesiologist Achieves Impressive Results with Nerve Blocks in Ecuador

Clinicians and patients smiling in an Ecuador clinic
Pain management specialist Joseph Marino, MD, is the chief medical officer at Long Island Jewish Valley Stream. He also serves as the director of regional anaesthesia for Northwell Health and holds a faculty position at the Zucker School of Medicine. Dr. Marino has published numerous articles and worked on many textbooks in the field of anaesthesia and pain medicine. …

Italian Hospital Makes Headway against COVID-19

Last month, we interviewed Dr. Enrico Storti, Anaesthesia and ICU Director/Unit Coordinator of the Emergency Department at Maggiore Hospital, from the front line of the COVID-19 pandemic in Lodi, Italy. In this latest update from Lodi, BBC show Newsnight was given exclusive access to Maggiore Hospital. Drs. …

Renal Imageing and Blood Clotting for COVID-19 Patients

Dr. Justin Kirk-Bayley with a Sonosite ultrasound machine
Dr. Justin Kirk-Bayley is the Clinical Director of Therapeutics at the Royal Surrey County Hospital in Guildford, England. Dr. Kirk-Bayley is an expert in the use of ultrasound in the ICU and anaesthesiology. …

Ultrasound Vital for Women’s Healthcare in Rural Ghana

Dr. Carlye Jensen practises emergency and family medicine in Canada. She recently went on a mission for Ghana Rural Integrated Development (GRID), whose purpose is to provide basic medical care to the rural areas of northern Ghana, where many patients have no access to healthcare at all. Dr. …

Ultrasound Provides Answers for Rebuilding Lives in Nepal

Dr. Jesus Casado performing an abdominal ultrasound scan on a patient in Nepal.
Dr. Jesus Casado Cerrada, Internist at the Hospital Universitario de Getafe and Professor at the Universidad Europea, Madrid, Spain, has travelled to the Rasuwa district of Nepal to help a local NGO rebuild the region’s infrastructure following a severe earthquake in 2015. Dr. Casado explains: …

The Role of Ultrasound in Pain Management

The Role of Ultrasound in Pain Management
Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) has a significant role to play in pain management for patients around the world. Dr. Victor Mayoral Rojals, Consultant Anaesthetist and head of the pain unit at the Bellvitge University Hospital, in Barcelona, Spain, discusses the many advantages of ultrasound in his day-to-day practise.  …

One Woman’s Mission to End Preventable Infant and Maternal Deaths in Somaliland

Nurse educator Edna Adan

From the Front Line in the UK: A Talk with Dr. Justin Kirk-Bayley

For Sonosite’s ongoing series of interviews of physicians working on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic, Chief Medical Officer Diku Mandavia, M.D. interviewed Dr. Justin Kirk-Bayley in Guilford, England about his experiences fighting the coronavirus. You can watch the interview on our COVID-19 Ultrasound Resources site. …

The Role of Point-of-Care Ultrasound in COVID-19

ICU Management & Practise Diku Mandavia, MD, FACEP, FRCPC, Chief Medical Officer at FUJIFILM Sonosite Hospitals all over the world are working to rapidly expand their capacity to treat critically ill patients with COVID-19. To find out how hospitals on the frontlines of the pandemic are coping and the lessons learned that could help other hospitals prepare, FUJIFILM Sonosite’s Chief Medical Officer, Diku Mandavia, interviews Enrico Storti, the ICU Director/Unit Coordinator of the Emergency Department at Maggiore Hospital in Lodi, Italy. …

From the Front Line in New York: A Talk with Dr. Mangala Narasimhan

Mangala Narasimhan, D.O. is a pulmonary and critical care specialist from Long Island Jewish Medical Centre, in Long Island, New York. Dr. Narasimhan spoke with FUJIFILM Sonosite Chief Medical Officer Diku Mandavia, M.D. about how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted her hospital in the heart of New York's outbreak. You can watch the interview on our COVID-19 resource page.  …

Discussing the Use of Point-of-Care Ultrasound for Evaluating COVID-19 Patients

DOTMed HealthCare Business News Diku Mandavia, MD, FACEP, FRCPC, Chief Medical Officer at FUJIFILM Sonosite Increasingly, hospitals are using point-of-care ultrasound to evaluate patients with COVID-19. To learn more, read the HealthCare Business News interview with Diku Mandavia, Chief Medical Officer and Senior Vice President of FUJIFILM Sonosite, Inc. …

From the Frontlines of Italy: A Follow-Up Talk with Emergency Physician Enrico Storti

Dr. Enrico Storti is the Anaesthesia and ICU Director/Unit Coordinator of the Emergency Department at Maggiore Hospital in Lodi, Italy, near Milan. Lodi was hit very hard by the COVID-19 pandemic, and Dr. Storti is on the frontlines treating patients and helping to contain the outbreak. …

Reinventing the ICU for COVID-19

Dr. Enrico Storti of Maggiore Hospital in Lodi, Italy
Enrico Storti is the Anaesthesia and ICU Director/Unit Coordinator of the Emergency Department at Maggiore Hospital in Lodi, Italy. Lodi is located near Milan and the epicentre of the COVID-19 outbreak in Italy. Lodi was hit very hard by the pandemic, and Dr. Storti is on the frontlines treating patients and helping to contain the outbreak. …

Ultrasound Plays Vital Role in Training Clinicians in Vietnam

Clinicians in Vietnam in ultrasound training course

Sonosite Joins the Fight Against Coronavirus in China

After the outbreak of COVID-19, commonly called coronavirus, Sonosite team members across China have stepped forward to support local clinicians in the diagnosis of coronavirus and to help control the epidemic’s spread. In the fight against coronavirus, ultrasound is a key tool for healthcare workers who are saving lives in this critical period. Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) provides rapid, non-invasive real-time scanning, and it is an ideal device for monitoring cardiopulmonary function in critically-ill patients. …

Ultrasound Improves Renal Care at St. Helier Hospital

POCUS Profile: Dr Raj Tobin

Dr. Raj Tobin, Director & Head of the Department of Anaesthesiology at Max Super Specialty Hospital in Saket, New Delhi has 28 years of experience in anaesthesiology. We interviewed Dr. Tobin to learn about the various clinical applications and the benefits of using point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) in her routine practise. …

MSK Pain and Prescribing Opioids

A new study published by the National Institutes of Health’s Journal of Pain reveals that first-time patients suffering from chronic MSK pain are prescribed opioids more often than non-drug treatments. Researchers analysed data from the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey between 2007 and 2015. The data came from 11,994 visits over the 9-year period. …

Sonosite M-Turbo Gets Plenty of Work in Vanuatu: Part Two

Dr. Jonathan Henry en drie artsen met een Sonosite-apparaat in Vanuatu
This post is the second part of Dr. Jonathan “Jono” Henry’s report from the Pacific nation of Vanuatu. Be sure to read the first chapter of his remarkable report. …