The focused abdominal sonography for trauma (FAST) examination: Considerations and recommendations for training physicians in the use of a new clinical tool

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 162-168

  Salen, Philip N ^a   Melanson, Scott W ^a   Heller, Michael B ^a  

^a ST LUKE S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal; Curriculum; FAST; Focused abdominal sonography for trauma; Intraperitoneal; Sonography; Training; Trauma; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INJURY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION;

EID: 0033973346     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2000.tb00521.x     Document Type: Article

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