輕巧犀利﹐在您掌中[1]

西門子銷售全世界最小的口袋型超音波系統[2]。

它只有一般筆記型電腦的五分之一大小﹐約800公克重﹐開機後10秒之內就能使用。這就是西門子醫護集團[3]的ACUSON P10。

這個迷你超音波機器的設計主旨有三; 在提供心臟科和產科的診斷, 在評估意外傷害之嚴重性﹐在狀況緊急時提供最初的診斷[4]。在狀況緊急時特別重要的是能夠在事發當場就能迅速而正確的研判病情﹐ 選擇治療對象 [5]。

ACUSONP10既輕巧又容易使用﹐因此不需要把病人移到科技所在處﹐它把科技帶到病人身邊﹔從而在分秒必爭時節省了寶貴的時間;這在病人心臟功能失常或因多重傷害而休克時尤其重要。因為它比PDA大不了多少﹐所以隨時隨地都可以攝取影像幫助診斷。因此填補了聽診器與超音波機器之間的空隙。它提供有實有據的診斷資料讓醫護人員能迅速的決定治療方針。

這個輕巧的超音波系統﹐它的LCD螢幕可以折疊起來,對角線長9.4公分﹐可充電的鋰離子(lithium-ion)電池充電一次可以提供大約一小時的掃描。
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譯注 (Translator’s Note):

[1] This is an article introducing a product called “P10”. The title uses 3 words that start with the letter “P”—Portable, Powerful, Pocket. The effect of playing with “P” is lost in the translation. “ The “portable” is translated into light and agile. The “pocket” is hard to be translated succinctly. My thinking is that it implies “in your palm” (在您掌中) or “always at your side” (隨伴君側).

[2] Ultrasound is called 超音波In Taiwan and Japan; 超声波 in China. Don’t know how it’s called in Hong Kong and Singapore.

[3] Siemens has 3 Sectors (集團). They are Healthcare sector (11B Euro), Energy sector (20B Euro), and Industry sector (40B Euro). Each sector has multiple Divisions (部門), which has multiple Business Units (單位). I don’t know how Siemens’ official translation of sector, division, and business units are.

[4] The ST is not very clear—not observing the parallelism principle. I added some information and changed the order of things. The TT reads: Its design focuses on there; to provide diagnosis in cardiology and ob, to evaluate the severity of injury, and to provide the first diagnosis in emergency situations.

[5] point-of-care; screen & triage
Triage is a process of prioritizing patients based on the severity of their condition so as to treat as many as possible when resources are insufficient for all to be treated immediately. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triage
Paraphrase of the translation: In emergency, it’s particularly important to study and judge, on the spot, the harm and to select whom or what to treat first.