Use of point-of-care ultrasound by a critical care retrieval team

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 547-552

  Mazur, Stefan M ^a,b,c   Pearce, Andrew ^a   Alfred, Sam ^a   Sharley, Peter ^a  

^a ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c CareFlight Group Queensland CareFlight Medical Services   (Australia)

Author keywords

Critical care; Patient transport; Point of care; Prehospital; Retrieval; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ABDOMINAL BLUNT TRAUMA; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY CARE; MACHINE; PATIENT CARE; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PNEUMOTHORAX; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PORTABLE EQUIPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; THORAX INJURY; VASCULAR ACCESS;

AIR AMBULANCES; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CHILD; CRITICAL CARE; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; PATIENT TRANSFER; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; TRAUMATOLOGY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 36248947905     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: 17426723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2007.01029.x     Document Type: Article

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