UConn Health Minute: Bedside Ultrasound – Saving Time/Saving Lives

In critical care medicine, time is everything. In this UConn Health Minute, Dr. Jennifer Kanaan, pulmonologist and critical care physician, describes how a portable bedside ultrasound allows a physician to quickly determine what is wrong with a patient so potentially lifesaving treatment can begin sooner.

Dr. Jennifer Kanaan, pulmonologist and critical care physician, using a portable ultrasound at a patient's bedside in UConn John Dempsey Hospital. (Tina Encarnacion/UConn Health)

In critical care medicine, time is everything. In this UConn Health Minute, Dr. Jennifer Kanaan, pulmonologist and critical care physician, describes how a portable bedside ultrasound allows a physician to quickly determine what is wrong with a patient so potentially lifesaving treatment can begin sooner.