Emergency ultrasound credentialling for focused assessment sonography in trauma and abdominal aortic aneurysm: A practical approach for Australasia

Emergency Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 54-62

  Jones, Peter G ^a   Peak, Stephen ^a   McClelland, Andy ^a   Holden, Andrew ^a   Higginson, Ian ^b   Gamble, Greg ^a  

^a AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b BRISTOL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abdominal aortic aneurysm; Credentialling; Emergency; Focused assessment with sonography for trauma; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ABDOMINAL BLUNT TRAUMA; ACCREDITATION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPETENCE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOCUSED ASSESSMENT WITH SONOGRAPHY FOR TRAUMA; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CREDENTIALING; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; NEW ZEALAND; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0037297561     PISSN: 10356851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-2026.2003.00409.x     Document Type: Article

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