Fast ultrasound as an adjunct to triage using the START mass casualty triage system: A preliminary descriptive study

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 96-102

  Sztajnkrycer, Matthew D ^a   Baez, Amado Alejandro ^b   Luke, Anuradha ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Disaster; FAST; Triage; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COLOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CENTER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME; TRAUMATOLOGY; ULTRASOUND; VICTIM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRAUMA CENTERS; TRIAGE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 31544456350     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: 15450066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10903120500373058     Document Type: Article

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