Paramedic-performed Focused Assessment with Sonography in Trauma (FAST) in the emergency department;Acil serviste paramediklerce uygulanan travmaya odaklanmış ultrasonografi deǧerlendirmesi

Ulusal Travma ve Acil Cerrahi Dergisi

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 113-116

  Ünlüer, Erol Erden ^a   Yavaşi, Özcan ^a   Kara, Pinar Hanife ^a   Kiliç, Turgay Yilmaz ^a   Vandenberk, Nergis ^a   Kayayurt, Kamil ^a   Kiyançiçek, Sevda ^a   Akoǧlu, Haldun ^b   Yilmaz, Cengiz ^c  

^a ATATURK TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b stanbul Kartal Dr Lütfü K rdar State Hospital   (Turkey)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Abdominal injury; Emergency medical technicians; Emergency service; Hospital; Nurse; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASCITES FLUID; ASSAULT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FALLING; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARAMEDIC PERFORMED FOCUSED ASSESSMENT WITH SONOGRAPHY IN TRAUMA; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 79955532170     PISSN: 1306696X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5505/tjtes.2011.88557     Document Type: Article

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