Simple, almost anywhere, with almost anyone: Remote low-cost telementored resuscitative lung ultrasound

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1528-1535

  McBeth, Paul B ^a   Crawford, Innes ^b   Blaivas, Michael ^c   Hamilton, Trevor ^a   Musselwhite, Kimberly ^a   Panebianco, Nova ^d   Melniker, Lawrence ^e   Ball, Chad G ^a   Gargani, Luna ^f   Gherdovich, Carlotta ^g   Kirkpatrick, Andrew W ^a  

^a FOOTHILLS HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c NORTHSIDE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^e NEW YORK METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

^g World International Network Focused on Critical Ultrasound Secretariat   (Italy)

Author keywords

Extended focused assessment with sonography for trauma; Remote medicine; Telementoring; Trauma; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APNEA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; REMOTE TELEMENTORED ULTRASOUND SYSTEM; RESUSCITATION; SCHOOL CHILD; TELECONSULTATION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ALBERTA; APNEA; CELLULAR PHONE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; PNEUMOTHORAX; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; REMOTE CONSULTATION; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; RESUSCITATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFTWARE; TELEMEDICINE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 84255200155     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e318232cca7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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