Swansea Centre of Excellence relies on SonoSite ultrasound systems

March 10, 2015 - PRLog -- SonoSite’s point-of-care ultrasound systems play an important role in regional anaesthesia and chronic pain management at Morriston Hospital, Swansea. The Centre of Excellence uses a wide range of SonoSite systems – iLook^®, MicroMaxx^®, M-Turbo^®, S­-Nerve™ and the recently launched X-Porte^® – enjoying the benefit of increasingly advanced technology in applications where precise needle placement is essential. Consultant Anaesthetist Dr Christian Egeler explained: “Ultrasound technology is perfect for performing nerve blocks, and has revolutionised both regional anaesthesia and chronic pain management. Like many anaesthesia departments in the UK, we now use ultrasound-guided regional blocks for our routine hand surgical lists, and the financial savings are massive. We have recovered the cost of the ultrasound instrument several times over.”

Dr Simon Ford, also a Consultant Anaesthetist, added: “In addition to regional anaesthesia and pain management, ultrasound is used across the hospital for applications such as cardiac examinations, FAST scanning, and vascular access. This requires the ultrasound systems to be moved between different locations on a fairly frequent basis, and portability and robustness are essential. The SonoSite instruments are ideal from this perspective. The systems’ image quality is good, and they are intuitive and easy to use; you simply switch on and start scanning, which is a really big advantage.”

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SonoSite helped pioneer the concept of portable, point-of-care ultrasound, and it continues to be a world-leading manufacturer and innovator of bedside ultrasound systems as well as an industry leader in ultra-high frequency micro-ultrasound technology. Headquartered near Seattle, the company is represented by 26 subsidiaries and a global distribution network in over 100 countries. SonoSite’s portable, compact systems are expanding the use of ultrasound across the clinical spectrum by cost-effectively bringing high-performance ultrasound to the point of patient care. For more information, go to: www.sonosite.com.

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