Ultrasound is a necessary skill for emergency physicians

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 334-336

  Reardon, Robert ^a   Heegaard, Bill ^a   Plummer, Dave ^a   Clinton, Joe ^a   Cook, Tom ^b   Tayal, Vivek ^c  

^a HENNEPIN COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Palmetto Richland Memorial Hospital   (United States)

^c CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ABDOMINAL BLEEDING; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOCK; SKILL; ULTRASOUND; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HUMANS; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33644510813     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/j.aem.2006.01.003     Document Type: Conference Paper

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