Do echo-enhanced needles improve time to cannulate in a model of short-axis ultrasound-guided vascular access for a group of mostly inexperienced ultrasound users?

International Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 167-170

  Phelan, Michael P ^a   Emerman, Chuck ^a   Peacock, William F ^a   Karafa, Mathew ^a   Colburn, Nora ^a   Buchanan, Kelly ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Echo enhanced needles; Emergency ultrasonography; Ultrasound education; Ultrasound guided line placement; Vascular access; Vascular access phantom

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANNULATION; CLINICAL EDUCATION; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NEEDLE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SKILL; ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND GUIDED VASCULAR ACCESS; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; VASCULAR ACCESS; VIDEORECORDING;

EID: 77952740777     PISSN: 18651372     EISSN: 18651380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12245-009-0114-y     Document Type: Article

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