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We've been using portable USS machines for years but I suppose what I meant is one I can keep in my pocket and one that doesn't cost $150000.
by jazoom 9y ago
We've been using portable USS machines for years but I suppose what I meant is one I can keep in my pocket and one that doesn't cost $150000.
- JshWright 9y agoThe GE Vscan has been around for years.
- jazoom 9y agoThat's interesting. I've not seen that before. Still seems to be far more expensive than what I'm thinking of, though. I'm looking forward to the day when every junior doctor can have one around their neck like every doctor has a stethoscope.
- JshWright 9y agoWhy? What gap do you think it fills in the routine assessment? I'm all for expanding access to US, but I'm very wary of throwing gadgets for the sake of gadgets at doctors...
- jazoom 9y agoPatients who need an IVC and have brittle veins and peripheral oedema. It comes up a lot. I never said anything about routine assessment.
- JshWright 9y agoSure, I would love a portable ultrasound in the back of my ambulance for that very reason. I still use my stethoscope _way_ more often than I start an IV where US would be handy.
- jazoom 9y agoI don't know why you keep putting words into my mouth. I never suggested it would replace a stethoscope.
- JshWright 9y agoYou said every doctor should have one with them "like a stethoscope". I don't know where you got "replace" from... My point is that a stethoscope is an essential tool for assessing every patient. An ultrasound is a specialized tool for assessing a very small subset of patients.
- jazoom 9y agoI said "can". I don't know where you got "should" from.