Difficulties encountered by physicians in interpreting focused echocardiography using a pocket ultrasound machine in prehospital emergencies

European Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 17-22

  Charron, Cyril ^a   Templier, François ^b   Goddet, Nathalie S ^b   Baer, Michel ^b   Vieillard Baron, Antoine ^a,c  

^a HÔPITAL AMBROISE PARÉ   (France)

^b RAYMOND POINCARÉ HOSPITAL   (France)

^c LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

echocardiography; pocket ultrasound device; prehospital emergencies; training

Indexed keywords

ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; POCKET ULTRASOUND DEVICE; SHOCK; SKILL; TRAINING; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND; AGED; DEVICES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLE; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MALE; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; SHOCK; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 84920263264     PISSN: 09699546     EISSN: 14735695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MEJ.0000000000000153     Document Type: Article

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