Portable ultrasound for remote environments, part I: Feasibility of field deployment

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 190-197

  Nelson, Bret P ^a   Melnick, Edward R ^b   Li, James ^c  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NORTH SHORE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Miles Memorial Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

emergency medical services; tactical medicine; telemedicine; triage methods; ultrasonography utilization; wilderness medicine

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEMOPERITONEUM; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INFECTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PNEUMOTHORAX; PORTABLE EQUIPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELEMEDICINE; TELERADIOLOGY; ULTRASOUND; ECHOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; INSTRUMENTATION; REVIEW; WILDERNESS MEDICINE;

EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; TELERADIOLOGY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; WILDERNESS MEDICINE;

EID: 79751524822     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2009.09.006     Document Type: Article

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