The F.A.S.T.E.R. trial. Focused assessment by sonography in trauma during emergency retrieval: A feasibility study

Injury

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 512-518

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

^a ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c FREMANTLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Air medical transport; F.A.S.T.; Helicopter; Pre hospital; Retrieval; Rotary wing; Trauma; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; ARTICLE; BODY FLUID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY CARE; HELICOPTER; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; INJURY; INTENSIVE CARE; PORTABLE EQUIPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTARY WING AIRCRAFT; ULTRASOUND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIR AMBULANCES; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 41149105716     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2007.11.010     Document Type: Article

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