Accident and Emergency services at The Royal Oldham Hospital, part of the Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, are benefitting from the advanced point-of-care imaging capabilities of Fujifilm SonoSite’s X-Porte ultrasound system. Rip Gangahar, Consultant in Emergency Medicine and Trauma Lead for the Trust, explained: “We have been using SonoSite’s point-of-care ultrasound systems for 10 years, from the TITAN® through to the latest systems, and were lucky enough to receive the very first X-Porte delivered in the world.”
“Ultrasound is an integral part of our daily practice within the Emergency Department, and is used in a wide range of cases, from suspected aneurysms or gall stones to fractures and pregnancy complications. The X-Porte really is on a whole new level in terms of speed and ease of operation, and the image quality rivals many much larger, more expensive systems. The echocardiogram function is also a step ahead in terms of both image quality and the software.”
“The X-Porte is very intuitive to use, and offers a number of useful features to improve day-to-day operation, such as the education and training module and the ability to save images directly to an external flash drive. It is very easy to wipe down – which is important from an infection control perspective – and this, combined with the portability and robustness that is a trademark of all SonoSite instruments, makes the system ideally suited to an emergency setting.”
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About FUJIFILM SonoSite
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.
FUJIFILM SonoSite, Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of FUJIFILM SonoSite, Inc. oversees a direct sales distribution network in the UK and provides sales and marketing support. FUJIFILM Holdings Corporation, Tokyo, Japan, brings continuous innovation and leading-edge products to a broad spectrum of industries, including electronic imaging, digital printing equipment, medical systems, life sciences, graphic arts, flat panel display materials, and office products, based on a vast portfolio of digital, optical, fine chemical and thin film coating technologies. Fujifilm is committed to environmental stewardship and good corporate citizenship. For more information, please visit www.fujifilmholdings.com.
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