Emergency ultrasound in the prehospital setting: the impact of environment on examination outcomes

Description

No / This study aimed to compare ultrasound examinations performed within a land ambulance (stationary and moving) with those completed in a simulated emergency department (ED) to determine the feasibility of undertaking ultrasound examinations within the UK prehospital care environment. The findings suggest that abdominal aortic aneurysm and extended focused assessment with sonography in trauma emergency ultrasound examinations can be performed in the stationary or moving land ambulance environment to a standard consistent with those performed in the hospital ED.

Links & Downloads

1. Snaith B, Hardy ML and Walker A (2011) Emergency ultrasound in the prehospital setting: the impact of environment on examination outcomes. Emergency Medicine Journal. 28(12): 1063-1065.
2. http://hdl.handle.net/10454/7022
3. https://doi.org/10.1136/emj.2010.096966

Tags

Adult

Ambulances

Aortic aneurysm

Emergency medical services

Feasibility studies

Great Britain

Health facility environment

Humans

Male

Middle aged

Point-of-care systems

Ultrasonography

Additional Fields

Identifer	oai:union.ndltd.org:BRADFORD/oai:bradscholars.brad.ac.uk:10454/7022
Date	January 2011
Creators	Snaith, Beverly, Hardy, Maryann L., Walker, A.
Source Sets	Bradford Scholars
Language	English
Detected Language	English
Type	Article, No full-text in the repository