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SonoSite, Inc. (Nasdaq:SONO), the world leader and specialist in
hand-carried ultrasound for the point-of-care, today announced the
S-FAST™ Vascular Access option, a streamlined, affordable solution for
hospitals wanting to incorporate ultrasound into their emergency
departments to facilitate the accuracy and safety of commonly performed
interventional emergent procedures.
“SonoSite has led the way with innovative products designed for
point-of-care use,” said Diku Mandavia, MD, FACEP, FRCPC, Attending
Staff, Department of Emergency Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and
Clinical Associate Professor Emergency Medicine, LA County + USC Medical
Center, Los Angeles. “Both the U.S. Agency for Health Care Research and
Quality (AHRQ) and the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE)
in the UK have recommended ultrasound guidance of central vascular
access as a standard of care for ensuring patient safety. It’s difficult
to imagine practicing emergency medicine today without ultrasound
guidance.”
“Using ultrasound reveals anatomy previously unseen. It removes the
practitioners’ blindfold, and allows them to first confirm whether a
procedure is indicated and then perform the procedure more safely and
effectively by visually guiding the intervention,” said Paul R.
Sierzenski, MD, RDMS, FAAEM, FACEP, Director of Emergency, Trauma and
Critical Care Ultrasound, and Director, Emergency Ultrasound Fellowship,
Christiana Care Health System of Newark, Delaware. “Evidence-based
medicine has shown that ultrasound guidance improves accuracy and
decreases the number of attempts to correctly place both peripheral and
central venous access, which in turn results in efficient and superior
patient care. Further, when compared to the landmark technique, using
ultrasound allows a visual confirmation of vessel position and patency
in addition to the benefits associated with needle guidance. The S-FAST
Vascular Access option provides an excellent entry point for emergency
departments wanting to incorporate the benefits of ultrasound into their
practice.”1
Shown at the recent annual meeting of the American College of Emergency
Physicians (ACEP) in Chicago, the S-FAST Vascular Access option includes
the L25x/13-6 MHz linear array transducer for high resolution vascular
imaging and access. The S-FAST device can be used on a stand or be
mounted on the wall or from the ceiling to free up space in crowded
examination areas.
The form factor of the S-FAST ultrasound tool represents a dramatic
departure for ultrasound and offers a highly intuitive user interface
that is easy to learn and quick to deploy. Buttons, dials and menus have
been stripped to the essentials. Advanced, proprietary algorithms allow
emergency medicine physicians to get the optimum image by adjusting only
two controls – Depth and Gain. Ready to image in seconds from a cold
start, the S-FAST ultrasound tool exceeds military specifications for
ruggedness and a sealed user interface resists contamination from bodily
fluids and can be wiped down with disinfectant. The S-FAST system is
based on an expandable platform so customers can add capabilities, often
as software upgrades, as their department requirements change.
As with SonoSite’s other S Series products, the S-FAST Vascular Access
option comes with an industry-leading 5-year warranty on the system and
transducer. SonoSite also offers extensive training and education
programs delivered on site, online and in collaboration with leading
medical institutions and educators.
1Drs. Mandavia and Sierzenski are educational consultants to
SonoSite.
About SonoSite
SonoSite, Inc. (www.sonosite.com)
is the innovator and world leader in hand-carried ultrasound.
Headquartered near Seattle, the company is represented by ten
subsidiaries and a global distribution network in over 100 countries.
SonoSite's small, lightweight systems are expanding the use of
ultrasound across the clinical spectrum by cost-effectively bringing
high performance ultrasound to the point of patient care. The company
employs over 600 people worldwide.