Inadequate needle thoracostomy rate in the prehospital setting for presumed pneumothorax: An ultrasound study

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1285-1289

  Blaivas, Michael ^a  

^a NORTHSIDE HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway management; Emergency ultrasound; Extended focused assessment with sonography for trauma; Needle thoracostomy; Pneumothorax; Trauma ultrasound

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; CATHETERS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SERVICES; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

AIRWAY MANAGEMENT; DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY ULTRASOUNDS; EXTENDED FOCUSED ASSESSMENT WITH SONOGRAPHY FOR TRAUMA; PNEUMOTHORAX; ULTRASOUND EXAMINATION; ULTRASOUND IMAGING;

NEEDLES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEEDLE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PNEUMOTHORAX; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORAX DRAINAGE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEEDLES; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PNEUMOTHORAX; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THORACOSTOMY;

EID: 77956022395     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2010.29.9.1285     Document Type: Article

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