Minimum standards for ultrasound equipment in intensive care. Recommendations from CICM Ultrasound Special Interest Group

Cartan Costello; Konstantin Yastrebov; Yang Yang; Andrew Hilton; Sanjiv Vij; Sam Orde

doi:10.1002/ajum.12041

Minimum standards for ultrasound equipment in intensive care. Recommendations from CICM Ultrasound Special Interest Group

Australas J Ultrasound Med. 2017 Feb 23;20(1):41-46. doi: 10.1002/ajum.12041. eCollection 2017 Feb.

Authors

Cartan Costello¹, Konstantin Yastrebov², Yang Yang³, Andrew Hilton⁴, Sanjiv Vij⁵, Sam Orde⁶

Affiliations

¹ Wollongong Hospital Crown St. Wollongong New South Wales 2500 Australia.
² St George Hospital Gray St Kogarah New South Wales 2217 Australia.
³ Footscray Hospital 160 Gordon St Footscray Victoria 3011 Australia.
⁴ Austin Hospital 145 Studley Rd Heidelberg Victoria 3084 Australia.
⁵ Dandenong Hospital 135 David St Dandenong Victoria 3175 Australia.
⁶ Nepean Hospital Derby St Kingswood New South Wales 2747 Australia.

Abstract

Critical care ultrasonography allows rapid bedside assessment and monitoring of severely ill patients. It provides important information on a real-time basis for patients' management and clinical decision-making, leading to improvements in delivered quality of care. Provision of this service is not possible without appropriate equipment. This document recommends minimum standards for ultrasound equipment required for use in intensive care units in Australia and New Zealand.

Keywords: critical care; echocardiography; equipment focussed studies; general ultrasound.