BladderScan^® Bladder Volume Instruments and GlideScope^® Video Laryngoscopes from Verathon^® offer significant benefits to Acute Care Providers.

BladderScan® Bladder Volume Instruments use noninvasive ultrasound to determine bladder volume. Portable, reliable, and easy to use, BladderScan® is clinically proven to prevent unnecessary catheterization and reduce rates of urinary tract infection. To learn how one facility reduced their rates of urinary tract infection by approximately 50%, please see the Moore/Edwards study referenced below and visit our BladderScan® web site. i

GlideScope® Video Laryngoscopes consistently provide a clear, real time view of the patient's airway enabling quick intubation. The GlideScope® GVL® provides a C/L I or II view of the airway 99% of the time.ii To learn more, please visit the GlideScope® web site.   The Use of a GlideScope® Video Laryngoscope in Multiple Clinical Settings Click here to read about the various settings

i - Denise Ann Moore and Kathleen Edwards. "Using a Portable BladderScan® to Reduce the Incidence of Nosocomial Urinary Tract Infections." MEDSURG Nursing. 6 (February 1997) 1: 39-43.

ii - Cooper, RM. Cardiothoracic Anesthesia, Respiration and Airway; Early clinical experience with a new videolaryngoscope (GlideScope®) in 728 patients. Canadian Journal of Anesthesia 2005; 52: 2: 191-198.