Terms of use
The short version: CritCare Ultrasound is a training record. You and your unit are responsible for what you put on it, and for following your own Trust's rules.
What the site is
CritCare Ultrasound helps intensive care units run ultrasound training: trainees keep their logbook, trainers review scans and sign off competencies, and unit admins see how everyone is getting on. It's run by Cranfield Quinn Medical Ltd.
It's a record of training, not a clinical system. Nothing on it is used to diagnose or treat a patient, and it doesn't award accreditation. FUSIC accreditation is given by the Intensive Care Society through its own portal, and BSE accreditation by the British Society of Echocardiography. CritCare Ultrasound isn't part of, or endorsed by, either.
Patient information: your responsibility
Nothing that could identify a patient belongs on this site. Before you upload a clip or write in your logbook, you must make sure that:
- clips have no patient details in the image, the file name or the file's hidden data (names, hospital numbers, NHS numbers, dates of birth, scan dates and times)
- logbook entries use only a local reference that can't be traced back to a patient from this site
- you don't describe a case so specifically that someone could work out who it is, for example a very rare condition or one that has been in the news
- you follow your Trust's policies on using clinical images for teaching, including consent where your Trust asks for it
Images saved on the ultrasound machine are part of the clinical record and stay under your Trust's control. Only anonymised copies come here.
If you see anything that could identify a patient, tell us straight away through Contact us, or tell your unit admin. We'll take it down as soon as we know, and may suspend the account that put it there.
Your unit's responsibility
Each unit decides to use CritCare Ultrasound and runs its own space on it. The unit, through its admins, is responsible for:
- getting whatever approval its Trust needs (information governance, clinical governance, or both) before trainees start uploading
- who it lets in, the roles it gives them, and making sure trainers are who they say they are
- how it uses the site for training, review and sign-off, in line with the training programme's own rules
- answering its own people's questions first, and passing on anything it can't sort out
We can help a Trust's information governance team with what they need from us as the supplier. Ask through Contact us.
Your account
Keep your password to yourself and tell us if you think someone else has used your account. You're responsible for what's done with it. Use the site only for ultrasound training, and be professional in what you write about colleagues and their scans.
What we're responsible for
We keep the site running, keep your data secure and in the UK where we can (see the privacy notice), and remove anything that shouldn't be here once we know about it. We do our best to keep the site available and accurate, but we can't promise it will always be, and we're not responsible for decisions made using it. Keep your own copy of anything you need for your portfolio: you can download your records as PDFs at any time.
If things go wrong
Nothing in these terms limits liability that can't be limited by law. Otherwise, we're not liable for indirect losses, or for problems caused by content users put on the site against these terms. If you break these terms, for example by uploading patient-identifiable information, we may suspend or close your account.
Changes
We may update these terms. If the change matters, we'll tell you on the site or by email. These terms are governed by the law of England and Wales.
Last updated 12 November 2026. Questions: Contact us.