Transport and use of point-of-care ultrasound by a disaster medical assistance team

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 140-144

  Mazur, Stefan M ^a   Rippey, James ^b  

^a ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Sir Charles Gairdinar Hospital   (Australia)

Author keywords

aeromedical; cyclone; disaster; disaster medical assistance team; Focused Assessment by Sonography in Trauma; mass casualty incident; patient transport; point of care; retrieval; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CYCLONE; DISASTER MEDICINE; ECHOGRAPHY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MASS DISASTER; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CYCLONES; DISASTER MEDICINE; HUMANS; MASS CASUALTY INCIDENTS; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; PATIENT CARE TEAM; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 68549101888     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X00006701     Document Type: Article

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