Prehospital point-of-care ultrasound use by the military

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 282-

  Ward, David I ^a  

^a NAMBOUR GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY CARE; HUMAN; IMAGING; LETTER; MILITARY MEDICINE; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WAR;

AIR AMBULANCES; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; MILITARY MEDICINE; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS;

EID: 34250370089     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: 17426723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2007.00972.x     Document Type: Letter

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