Availability and practice of bedside ultrasonography in emergency rooms and prehospital setting: A French survey

Annales Francaises d'Anesthesie et de Reanimation

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Bobbia, X ^a   Hansel, N ^a   Muller, L ^a   Claret, P G ^a   Moreau, A ^a   Genre Grandpierre, R ^a   Chenaitia, H ^b   Lefrant, J Y ^a   De La Coussaye, J E ^a  

^a NÎMES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Centre hospitalier Clavary   (France)

Author keywords

Emergency medicine; Point of care systems; Prehospital emergency care; Questionnaires; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; ECHOGRAPH; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FRANCE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HUMAN; INJURY; PLEURA; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PORTABLE EQUIPMENT; RESPIRATORY TRACT EXAMINATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FRANCE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 84897958453     PISSN: 07507658     EISSN: 17696623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annfar.2013.12.010     Document Type: Article

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