Focused assessment sonography for trauma (FAST) training: A systematic review

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1009-1018

  Mohammad, Alshafi ^a   Hefny, Ashraf F ^a   Abu Zidan, Fikri M ^a  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BLUNT TRAUMA; ECHOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PROCEDURES; TRAUMATOLOGY;

ANIMALS; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; HUMANS; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; TRAUMATOLOGY; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 84898901788     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-013-2408-8     Document Type: Article

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