Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) has become a game-changer in emergency and critical care settings. Traditional cart-based ultrasound systems can deliver strong image quality, but they are often heavy and expensive.

To choose a suitable device for POCUS, I created a comparison chart of leading handheld ultrasound brands on the market. As a physician, I consider both a convex probe (for abdominal surveys) and a linear probe (for vascular assessment and procedures) essential. A sector/phased probe is less critical for my routine critical care workflow, since many core applications can be covered with a convex probe. Wireless connectivity is also important for flexible bedside use and streamlined cleaning workflows. Finally, price matters—especially if your hospital isn’t able to purchase a system for you.

Smartphone sized EagleView is compact and wireless. It is a suitable device for physicians doing POCUS every day and help doctors do sono-guided interventions, such as central venous catheter insertion, pigtail insertion or sono-guided biopsies, in the critical care unit.

The device I received was in a compact box, including a charger pad, a brief user manual and the EagleView portable ultrasound itself. Then I did some scans on the patients and myself immediately.

2. Abdomen review

It’s a compact, lightweight, wireless portable ultrasound scanner with good quality of linear probe and fair quality of convex probe. The boot-up is quick within 30 seconds if you boot the device first and then open the smartphone app. However, the image quality is still not good enough to do the cardiac evaluation. 

En général, c'est une machine qui vaut son prix et pourrait aider les médecins qui n'ont pas d'échographe ou qui ont des échographes très anciens.

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