GHA delighted to accept donation of emergency ultrasound machine

The touchscreen GE Venue is an ultraportable, rapid access, artificial-intelligence-enabled ultrasound scanning machine. It is primarily designed to be used in A&E and intensive care emergencies, ongoing critical care support and delivery of regional anaesthesia - but has a plethora of additional features including lifesaving treatments, which will be used throughout the hospital.

In the emergency setting, the machine can be used to perform focused intensive care scanning of the heart and lungs, as well as FAST scans (Focused Assessment with Sonography for Trauma) of the abdomen. This empowers clinicians to accelerate the diagnostic process and expedite immediate, life-saving treatment.

In the anaesthetic department, the multitude of features and much-improved clarity of images will also be enormously beneficial to patients receiving regional anaesthesia in higher risk areas for upper and lower limb surgery.

Another patient group that will benefit from the new equipment is critically unstable patients requiring insertion of central (typically neck) venous access, to facilitate infusions of life-sustaining drugs.

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