Emergency ultrasound in the prehospital setting: The impact of environment on examination outcomes

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1063-1065

  Snaith, B ^a   Hardy, M ^b   Walker, Alison ^a,c  

^a MID YORKSHIRE HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c YORKSHIRE AMBULANCE SERVICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; AMBULANCES; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH FACILITY ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 81855166605     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2010.096966     Document Type: Article

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