Emergency clinician performed ultrasound: Availability, uses and credentialing in Australian emergency departments: Original research

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 296-300

  Nagaraj, Guruprasad ^a   Chu, Matthew ^b   Dinh, Michael ^a  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Canterbury Hospital   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; credentialing; emergency department; ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ACCREDITATION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT REFERRAL; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAINING; VASCULAR ACCESS;

AUSTRALIA; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CREDENTIALING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 77955777193     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: 17426723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2010.01306.x     Document Type: Article

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