Prehospital chest ultrasound by a dutch helicopter emergency medical service

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 811-817

  Ketelaars, Rein ^a   Hoogerwerf, Nico ^a   Scheffer, Gert Jan ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Helicopter Emergency Medical Service; pneumothorax; portable ultrasound; telemedicine; thorax; ultrasonography; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION AID KIT; CHEST TUBE; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HELICOPTER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIR AMBULANCES; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PNEUMOTHORAX; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORACIC INJURIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875748736     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2012.07.085     Document Type: Article

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