How fast is the focused assessment with sonography for trauma examination learning curve?

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 32-37

  Ma, O John ^a   Gaddis, Gary ^b   Norvell, Jeffrey G ^c   Subramanian, Srikala ^b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Education; Haemoperitoneum; Trauma; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DATA ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FOCUSED ASSESSMENT WITH SONOGRAPHY FOR TRAUMA EXAMINATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS;

EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; LEARNING; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 38849089364     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: 17426723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2007.01039.x     Document Type: Article

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