The future of ultrasound for Nursing.
Speed up and expand your nursing practice with Butterfly iQ+.
Speed up and expand your nursing practice with Butterfly iQ+.
With new Needle Viz™ technology, Butterfly iQ+ makes it even easier to identify the needle for the control necessary for difficult placements. And now, with the world’s first POCUS Biplane Imaging™, cannulation can be guided in the short and long axis simultaneously. Designed to help accuracy and control, these technologies can help not only find a good vein but support successful guidance of PIV access into it.
As many as 60% of all patients, and 1 of every 2 patients in acute care1 have difficult PIV access. The use of ultrasound is starting to appear in standards of nursing practice to help promote successful2 insertion of vascular devices in these cases, known to be associated with high-risk for complications3.
The ability to measure bladder volume at the bedside has been shown4 to assist in the evaluation and treatment of post-operative urinary retention and help prevent catheter-associated urinary tract infections.5 In seconds, iQ+ acquires a 3D sweep, auto-calculates, and renders the bladder volume in three dimensions.
* Not available in Canada.
“The Butterfly Auto Bladder feature gives me the information I need to help guide important catheterization decisions, which can directly impact decisions regarding secondary care admission and patient discharge orders.”
Acute Medicine RN
The Royal Berkshire Hospital UK
The use of ultrasound is now widely accepted to promote safe and accurate insertion of vascular devices, and is supported by many professional organizations for vascular access procedures.
Timothy R. Spencer, DipAppSc, BHSc, ICCert, RN, APRN, VA-BC™; Amy Bardin-Spencer, EdD(c), MSc, RRT, VA-BC™
Meta-analysis concluding that the use of the ultrasound bladder scanner reduces unnecessary catheterizations and therefore the risk of urinary tract infection associated with catheterization, therefore reducing patient discomfort, costs, and days of hospitalization associated with urinary tract infection associated with catheterization.
Read articleAn approach to identifying suitable veins for upper extremity intravenous access.
An overview of the auto bladder calculation tool, which removes the complexity and extra steps when using ultrasound to obtain a bladder volume.
An introduction to Biplane Imaging™, which allows physicians to see both short and long axis planes simultaneously.
These videos are for informational purposes only, to demonstrate potential uses of the Butterfly iQ. They are not a substitute for professional clinician training and experience. Clinicians are solely responsible for patient care and for exercising their independent clinical judgement at all times.
Top critical care clinicians* discuss their experience with POCUS in their ICUs this year, with the rising incidence of COVID-19 critical care admissions.
Get automated bladder volume calculations with 3D visualization in seconds to help make decisions more quickly.
Makes it easier to identify the needle and get the control needed for difficult peripheral vascular access. It is now possible to see the short and long axis of the needle in real-time, during joint injections, soft tissue interventions, PIV and more.