Use of prehospital ultrasound in North America: A survey of emergency medical services medical directors

BMC Emergency Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Taylor, John ^a,b   McLaughlin, Kyle ^a   McRae, Andrew ^a   Lang, Eddy ^a   Anton, Andrew ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c ALBERTA HEALTH SERVICES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Emergency medical services; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEART TAMPONADE; HUMAN; LUNG EDEMA; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICIAN; PNEUMOTHORAX; ULTRASOUND SCANNER; VASCULAR ACCESS;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; CANADA; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC EQUIPMENT; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN EXECUTIVES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84896717277     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471227X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-227X-14-6     Document Type: Article

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