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NovaSonic Ultrasonic Professional Grade Intrasound Massager

"This Novasonic high quality massager is Made In Denmark and comes with a 1-Year Warranty Two application heads. A Novasonic Intrasonic Transducer is a compact and high-precision electrical device which transmits sound waves to the treatment area through a 'sound-head,' applied without pressure to the skin surface. The sound waves can penetrate up to 2 1/4" within the body, treating areas inaccessible to conventional manipulative techniques. The intensity of the waves and associated vibration can be adjusted easily, just like the volume on a radio. Novasonic (or Audible sound waves, NSTs) were first discovered to have healing properties in the 1920's by the pioneering German scientist Professor Erwin Schilephake. NSTs were originally developed and manufactured in Stuttgart, West Germany more than a quarter of a century ago. We back every Novasonic Massager that we sell with our 100% money back guarantee. The unit emits a power of 100 milliwatts at the head. The energy penetrates nearly 10 cm into the tissues. The frequencies are a series being outputted as a cluster of frequencies (all at the same time) from 60 Hz up to about 10,000 Hz. This cluster is permanently tuned and locked in at the factory (not adjustable by user). The knob on the handle only adjusts the output power."

RFA Argus photographed at Portsmouth on 31 July 2010 during Navy Day

Details from MOD Royal Navy Site
RFA Argus is unusual in having two primary roles. Firstly, she can deploy to war zones as a Primary Casualty Receiving Facility (PCRF) providing facilities including two operating theatres and 100 beds. This ensures that wounded service personnel of all nationalities can receive swift care equal to that of most UK hospitals and was used to great effect during both Gulf Wars. However, because she does not comply with the Geneva Convention and International Red Cross requirements – she may be fitted with self-defence guns or have operational units embarked for example – RFA Argus is not classified as a hospital ship and does not display a Red Cross.

The PCRF Complex within Argus is a fully equipped 100 bed hospital facility offering services including a 4 bay Operating theatre coupled with a 10 bed Intensive Care Unit, 20 bed High Dependency Unit, two 35 bed General wards and the full gamut of clinical support services, including Imaging, Pathology, Pharmacy and Physiotherapy. Commander Ian Phillips, Commanding Officer of the PCRF, says “PCRF delivers deployed hospital care to members of the UK Armed Forces, from the Sea. PCRF aims to deliver outcomes of treatment which equate to best practice and evidence based medicine, offering the highest level of care to the deployed Service personnel.

A wide variety of expertise can embark including Consultants, Nurses and Allied Health Professionals and provide a full spectrum of clinical capability, include Emergency Medicine, General Surgery, Trauma and Orthopaedics, Burns and Plastics, Anaesthetics, Maxillo-Facial, Ophthalmology, ENT, General Medicine, Psychiatry, Radiology, Pathology, General Practice, Dental, Intensive Care, Operating Theatre Practitioners, Physiotherapists and Pharmacists. In addition, members of Her Majesty’s’ Royal Marines Band undertake an operational role as stretcher bearers.

Secondly she provides specialist aviation training facilities – which is why more than two thirds of her length is given over to a flight deck to accommodate any of the Royal Navy’s helicopters. RFA Argus’ flexible design means she is able to fulfil additional roles. As a logistic ship she can be adapted to transport large amounts of equipment very quickly.