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an M-Turbo® device (Figure 1.10, a look-alike of the MicroMaxx® device, but with improved internals) and in 2017 by the iViz® system (Figure 1.11). These devices were equipped with both a 5–1 MHz phased-array transducer and a 10–5 MHz or 15–6 MHz linear-array trans- ducer.
With this choice of transducers, the question arose which transducer should be connected with the device as a first choice. Probably, the first or most urgent indications would be the evaluation of the chest or the airway.
Figure 1.8 MicroMaxx® ultrasound device The first ultrasound device on the Nijmegen HEMS.
Dimensions: 8.0 × 27.7 × 30.2 cm – weight: 3.50 kg.
Figure 1.9 NanoMaxx® ultrasound device
An L38 10–5 MHz linear-array transducer is attached. It was the third ultrasound device on the Nijmegen HEMS.
Dimensions: 20.8 × 35.8 × 5.8 cm – weight: 2.72 kg.
Figure 1.11 SonoSite iViz® ultrasound device
A P21v 5–1 MHz phased-array transducer is attached. It was the Nijmegen HEMS’s fourth ultrasound device. Dimensions: 11.7 × 18.3 × 2.7 cm – weight: 0.52 kg.
Figure 1.10 M-Turbo® ultrasound device The third ultrasound device on the Nijmegen HEMS.
Dimensions: 8.0 × 27.7 × 30.2 cm – weight: 3.50 kg.
Images reproduced with permission and by courtesy of Tom Fugers, SECMA B.V., Vianen, the Netherlands.
