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NHS team develops hand-held device which scans lungs of Covid-19 patients
burden on hospitals and allows critical care for patients who need it most.Dr Andrew Walden, consultant in acute medicine and intensive care medicine, and Dr Joseph Nunan, ultrasound fellow, from the Royal Berkshire Hospital, adopted the treatment during the peak at the pandemic.They used ultrasound technology (POCUS) with an innovative device, Butterfly iQ, which scans the whole body and shows real-time images.The system was inspired by a similar system used in Brescia, Italy, one of the worst affected areas in Europe at the peak of the outbreak.Patients who displayed symptoms of Covid-19 were triaged remotely using oximeters and called into hospital if their condition changed.Rapid lung scans are carried out on patients in the emergency