Care better with POCUS
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The ultra-portable ultrasound scanner for GPs
Make more confident decisions, optimise your patient's care pathway
89%
increased confidence in diagnosis
British Medical Journal
10(9), e037664
+500 uses
A probe that fits all main clinical applications
Heart
- Anatomy: visualization of the heart chambers
- Diagnosis: cardiac effusion and tamponade
- Aetiologies: infectious, cardiac, cancerous
POCUS scan of the heart (echOpen O1)
Lungs
- Anatomy: visualization of pleural cul-de-sacs
- Diagnosis: pleural effusions
- Aetiologies: infectious, cardiac, cancerous, interstitial lung disease
POCUS scan of the lung (echOpen O1)
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Pelvis
- Anatomy: visualization of the bladder and uterus
- Diagnosis: peritoneal effusions in the pelvic region
- Aetiologies: gynaecological or intestinal diseases, pelvic trauma
Clinical ultrasound of the pelvis (Douglas space), probe echOpen O1
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Spleen and left kidney
- Anatomy: visualization of the spleen, left kidney and splenorenal space
- Diagnosis: peritoneal effusions in the left upper quadrant
- Aetiologies: gastrointestinal diseases, pancreatitis, cirrhosis with ascites
Clinical ultrasound of Koller's space, probe echOpen O1
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Liver and right kidney
- Anatomy: visualization of the liver, right kidney and hepatorenal space
- Diagnosis: peritoneal effusions in the upper quadrant of the abdomen
- Aetiologies: hepatic, traumatic, infectious, biliary disorders
Clinical ultrasound of the Morrison space, probe echOpen O1
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Protocols
- Trauma assessment
- FAST (Focused Assessment with Sonography for Trauma) protocols
- EFAST protocol (Extended Focused Assessment with Sonography for Trauma)
Ultrasound scans with echOpen O1 probe
Vessels
- Visualization: large and peripheral vessels
- Use: central catheterization of large and peripheral vessels
- Diagnosis: abdominal aortic aneurysms
Clinical ultrasound of vessels, probe echOpen O1
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Clinical ultrasound in general practice
POCUS helps General Practitioners improve their patients' care pathway by enhancing the physical examination with easy to obtain, real-time images of the internal organs. echOpen O1 was designed with simplicity and accessibility in mind: examine all major organs, vessels and soft tissues and make more informed and confident decisions. Detect pathologies faster, refer your patients to the right specialist, avoid additional costly exams, and reduce health anxiety.
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Point-of-Care Ultrasound made easy and affordable
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echOpen O1, the POCUS probe that enhances and expands bedside physical examination. View the body's internal organs in real time, anytime, anywhere.
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Your digital companions to guide you in your daily POCUS practice. With echOpen On and echOpen XP you can easily set up your probe, access training videos and join an active medical community.
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What the experts have to say
To compensate for a shortage of sonologists and sonographers in low-income countries, training midwives to undertake routine focused obstetric scanning for identification of high-risk pregnancies is a very viable option.
Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology
Addition of ultra-sound imaging to the standard bedside physical examination has performed particularly better for correctly identifying the presence of less severe disease.
The Journal of the American Medical Association
JAMA Cardiology
Point-of-Care ultrasound changes the management in specific groups of patients in the Emergency Department. It seems intuitive that POCUS holds an unexploited potential on a wide variety of patients.
The American Journal of Emergency Medicine
The SFMU points out that the use of POCUS in an emergency setting is justified by its efficiency in terms of clinical and diagnostic response, and the ease with which skills can be acquired and maintained.
SFMU
Studies show that clinical ultrasound is associated with greater diagnostic accuracy.
Scandinavian Journal of Trauma
Bedside ultrasound is associated with improved patient satisfaction, perhaps as a consequence of improved time to diagnosis and decreased length of stay.
Journal of Emergency Medicine
POCUS gives doctors immediate access to clinical problems for faster, more direct management.
French Health Authority
The strengths of handheld devices result in several opportunities: ultrasound may be performed by a wider range of healthcare providers with varying levels and with different types of education. Handheld devices may also facilitate the use of ultrasound for teaching purposes.
European Federation of Societies for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Physicians should examine the central veins with great precision by ultrasound to find the best vein for cannulation.
Electronic Physician
The most recent studies highlight the fact that clinical ultrasound must be part of the specialty's core competencies.
Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians
For patients with acute abdominal pain, bedside ultrasound examination is related to higher satisfaction and decreased short-term health care consumption.
British Medical Journal
When an imaging facility is not on site, point-of-care ultrasound is the only imaging modality that lends itself to true point-of-care service provision.
The Lancet
Time to add a fifth pillar to bedside clinical examination: inspection, palpation, percussion, auscultation and insonation.
The Journal of the American Medical Association
JAMA Cardiology
Given that the biggest gap is in provision of diagnostics at the level of primary health care, which is also the entry point to the care cascade, we also recommend that, as a priority, a set of key point-of-care diagnostics (point-of-care tests and point-of-care ultrasound) be made available at all primary health-care centres.
The Lancet
Commission on diagnostics: transforming access to diagnostics
Portable devices can considerably reduce the overall time required for performing an ultrasound examination at the bedside.
European Society of Radiology
Why use POCUS in general practice?
Point-of-care Ultrasound helps GPs to diagnose and refer their patients more quickly and efficiently.
As a natural complement to the physical examination, POCUS allows you to see the human body's main internal organs and tissues in real time, and detect abnormalities accross systemz: respiratory, cardiac, abdominal, vascular, musculoskeletal, gynecological-obstetrical, urological...
Depending on the country where you practice, your profession and specialty, as a healthcare professional you may be automatically certified to perform and bill for POCUS examinations Please refer to your local health authorities to make sure that you can perform POCUS independently.
What are the benefits of POCUS for GPs and their patients?
Point-of-Care Ultrasound is a non-irradiating, non-invasive and painless procedure, generally well tolerated by patients of all ages.
This technique enables you to enhance clinical examination, confirm or refute a diagnostic suspicion, and refer your patient more effectively to the right specialty.
The patient is reassured, and treatment can be started sooner. Unnecessary, invasive and costly additional examinations may be avoided. Numerous studies also suggest that POCUS helps to boost patient confidence in their GP.
Why use an ultraportable POCUS probe in general medicine?
Ultra-portable, personal clinical ultrasound probes slip easily into your pocket and can be carried anywhere, just like your stethoscope. Start a new consultation in just a few seconds, in your sugery, at your patient's residence or at the scene of an accident.
Robust and with enough autonomy for a day's consultations, ultra-portable clinical ultrasound probes such as echOpen O1 also have the advantage of being wireless, making them easier to place, hold and move.
They connect to a simple smartphone, which can be used to record images, video loops and annotations.
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