Acquisition and interpretation of focused diagnostic ultrasound images by ultrasound-naive advanced paramedics: Trialling a PHUS education programme

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 322-326

  Brooke, Mike ^a   Walton, Julie ^b   Scutt, Diane ^b   Connolly, Jim ^c   Jarman, Bob ^d  

^a North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d GATESHEAD HEALTH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MEDICAL EXPERT; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PARAMEDICAL EDUCATION; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PHYSICIAN; PILOT STUDY; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; THEORY; UNITED KINGDOM; VIDEORECORDING;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; PATIENT SIMULATION; PNEUMOTHORAX; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONICS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 84858795998     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2010.106484     Document Type: Article

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