Handheld Ultrasound needed to run POCUS training in Tongan Emergency Department
Donate to enable Tongan Emergency Doctors to use ultrasound at the bedside of their patients.
International
PEARLS (POCUS for Emergency and Acute Care in Resource Limited Settings) are a volunteer group of Emergency Department (ED) doctors and sonographers who are working to take Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS) training to resource limited settings.
At the beginning of May 2023 four ED doctors and a sonographer from New Zealand will travel to Tonga to teach ED doctors POCUS. This skill will allow them to make quicker patient decisions at the bedside in a resource limited healthcare setting where medical imaging can be limited.
We need funding for handheld ultrasound systems to take with us and leave with the Tongan doctors. The Butterfly iQ Ultrasound System provides all the function they will need at a low cost with the added benefit of a cloud image archiving system. This archiving system allows the New Zealand doctors and sonographer to continue to support the Tongan doctors with image review and education after we leave.
About us
EMUGs is a not-for-profit, special interest group focused on progressing POCUS in Emergency Medicine. EMUGs is a collaborative learning network for all POCUS users including FACEMs, Trainees, Sonographers and all Emergency Service Providers.
Use of funds
Butterfly iQ+ Ultrasound System with 3 year warranty.
Latest update
Butterfly transducer purchased 26 April 2023
Thanks to all your wonderful donations we have purchased a Butterfly Transducer and we are off to Tonga on Monday to run a Point of Care Ultrasound course next week, this will be attended by Emergency Doctors, Surgeons and Obstetric and Gynaecology doctors. We will be leaving the Butterfly transducer with them for ongoing use along with three other transducers. Thank you so much for your generosity in giving to this project which will make a difference to the care of many patients. We will send a report of the trip on our return.
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