Portable handheld ultrasound in austere environments: Use in the Haiti disaster

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 172-177

  Shorter, Meghan ^a   MacIas, Darryl J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

abdominal ultrasound; austere environment; diagnostic equipment; disaster response; Gheskio Field Clinic; Haiti; handheld ultrasound; humanitarian assistance; natural disaster; New Mexico Disaster Medical Assistance Team; portable ultrasound; procedural ultrasound; qualitative study; relief work; triage; ultrasonography; undifferentiated hypotension

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; EARTHQUAKE; ECHOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HAITI; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; INJURY; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; EARTHQUAKES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HAITI; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84862508290     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X12000611     Document Type: Review

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