Transcript: Innovation - The Need for Speed
- Dr. Jack Taunton:
- Ice hockey, cross country skiing, the luge, or speed skating --when you've got a lycra suit on and a wall of ice, you've got to be prepared for anything. In the winter games, we're only the third the size of the summer games, but we have probably five times the amount of trauma.
- Eden Donateli Green:
- This is my silver medal from the 500 meters at the Olympic games, which was a pretty special moment in my life. When I was racing, if someone was injured, they had to be taken to the hospital and x-rayed, so it's 3 or 4 hours, you come back, your event is over. You're not going to be getting back into the next round.
- Dr. Mark Crosswell:
- As time has progressed, we've moved on from plain x-rays. Yes, there's a fracture or no, there's no fracture, to being able to see very, very subtle injuries. Ultrasound uniquely allows us to watch what's going on. It's real time, so we can ask the patient to stretch out and watch whether the tendons and ligaments are truly torn or stressed, and help facilitate the return to play decision.
- Maureen Kennedy:
- When someone is injured, they'll come and see me. We'll do the scan. The images will be transmitted to the poly clinic. The radiologist will then look at the images immediately.
- Eden Donateli Green:
- When you're competing at a world level or an Olympic level, you want to be able to race the race. If you could be diagnosed right then and there and cleared and back onto the track, that would be fabulous.
- Dr. Jack Taunton:
- This is the first time in the Olympics that an ultrasound has been used in the field of play. GE's portable ultrasound, the LOGIQ, will be able to tell you immediately, yes, this is something to be concerned about, or no, this is a more minor injury, and this is a gain, a first. It has revolutionized sports medicine.
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