transmission gel mediums 48 may include viscous substances that temporarily adhere the transducer 40 to the skin 22 such as those commonly known as ultrasound coupling gels additionally for mechanical stability the transducer 40 may be inserted into the center of a disk 50 which can be taped or otherwise secured to a patient as seen in fig1 and 2 with the placement of the transducer 40 on the skin 22 and the generation of ultrasonic waves 30 into the body compartment 20 the imparted ultrasonic waves 30 are reflected 32 as they impinge on different surface layers within and outside of the body compartment 20 such as the compartment boundaries 26 identified as upper boundary 26 a and lower boundary 26 b or bvn 24 the body compartment 20 may be placed at maximum distension prior to assessing the body compartment 20 configuration as shown the ultrasonic transducer 40 is further connected to a pulser receiver system 42 with an appropriate electronics package for fully utilizing the ultrasonic transducer 40 to investigate for compartment syndrome referring again to fig1 these reflected waves 32 are captured for analysis by the pulser receiver 42 as a means to capture the reflected waves 32 additionally the means for capturing the imparted ultrasonic waves 30 may include any appropriate retention means 44 generally suited to a specific medical purpose representative retention means 44 include for example without limitation data storage data display data transmission data analysis and or combinations thereof for example emergency triage.