Time-critical bedside ultrasound for trauma, shock and resuscitation
Ultrasound built for the moments that decide outcomes: trauma assessment, undifferentiated shock, breathlessness and cardiac arrest. Emergency POCUS answers life-threat questions in minutes — right in the casualty department, the resuscitation bay or the ambulance.
Apply with this deviceEmergency POCUS is ultrasound performed under time pressure, when a decision must be made in minutes: Is this trauma patient bleeding internally? Is this shock caused by a failing heart, an empty tank or a tension pneumothorax? Is there cardiac activity during this arrest? Structured protocols — eFAST for trauma, RUSH for undifferentiated shock, focused echo in cardiac arrest — turn these questions into a series of quick, reproducible views that any trained clinician can obtain at the bedside.
In Kenya, road-traffic injuries and other trauma arrive first at facilities that rarely have CT and often have no radiologist on site. A casualty officer with POCUS can identify internal bleeding, tamponade or pneumothorax within minutes of arrival, prioritise the patient for theatre, and give the referral hospital objective findings instead of a guess — decisions that directly change survival. The same probe then guides the emergency procedures that follow: chest drains, pericardiocentesis and vascular access.
eFAST for trauma
Scan the abdomen, pericardium and both pleural spaces for free fluid (bleeding), and the anterior chest for pneumothorax — the standard first assessment of the injured patient.
Undifferentiated shock (RUSH)
Pump–tank–pipes: assess cardiac contraction, pericardial effusion, IVC filling, abdominal free fluid and the aorta to classify shock and direct treatment.
Cardiac arrest support
During pulse checks, distinguish cardiac standstill from organised activity and look for reversible causes — tamponade, massive PE signs, hypovolaemia.
Pneumothorax & haemothorax
Absent lung sliding, the lung point and pleural fluid views detect chest injuries faster and more sensitively than portable X-ray.
AAA screening
Measure the abdominal aorta in acute abdominal or back pain to catch a ruptured or expanding aneurysm before collapse.
Ectopic pregnancy triage
In shock with a positive pregnancy test, free fluid plus an empty uterus flags ruptured ectopic pregnancy for immediate theatre.
Guided emergency procedures
Real-time guidance for chest drains, pericardiocentesis, paracentesis and rapid vascular access — fewer attempts, fewer complications under pressure.
Fracture & dislocation checks
Where X-ray is unavailable or delayed, ultrasound screens long-bone fractures and confirms reductions.
Boot in seconds
In resuscitation, a system that takes minutes to start is a system that doesn't get used. Cold-start-to-scanning in well under 30 seconds is the benchmark.
Cardiac + abdominal + lung probe coverage
A phased-array (sector) view for the heart, a convex probe for the abdomen and a linear probe for lung sliding and vascular access — or a whole-body single/dual-headed probe covering all three.
One-touch protocol presets
eFAST and cardiac presets that switch instantly keep the operator's attention on the patient, not the machine.
M-mode
Documents lung sliding (seashore/barcode sign) for pneumothorax and cardiac motion during arrest.
Colour / PW Doppler
Confirms vessel patency for access, supports tamponade assessment and basic flow questions.
Rugged, sealed, disinfectable body
Blood, drops and constant movement are the reality of a resus bay: drop-tested builds, sealed controls and wipe-down disinfection are essential, not optional.
Battery through a shift
Power sockets are scarce at the bedside and absent in the field; the system must scan on battery and charge fast between cases.
Instant image save & referral sharing
One-tap clip storage attaches objective findings to the theatre call or referral, and tele-ultrasound lets a remote senior confirm a junior's scan live.
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