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Prehospital Emergency Ultrasound: A Review of Current Clinical Applications, Challenges, and Future Implications

Imaging modalities in the prehospital setting are helpful in the evaluation and management of time-sensitive emergency conditions. Ultrasound is the main modality that has been applied by emergency medical services (EMS) providers in the field. This paper examines the clinical applications of ultras...

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Autores principales: El Sayed, Mazen J., Zaghrini, Elie
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3792527/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24171113
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/531674
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description Imaging modalities in the prehospital setting are helpful in the evaluation and management of time-sensitive emergency conditions. Ultrasound is the main modality that has been applied by emergency medical services (EMS) providers in the field. This paper examines the clinical applications of ultrasound in the prehospital setting. Specific focus is on applications that provide essential information to guide triage and management of critical patients. Challenges of this modality are also described in terms of cost impact on EMS agencies, provider training, and skill maintenance in addition to challenges related to the technical aspect of ultrasound.
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spelling pubmed-37925272013-10-29 Prehospital Emergency Ultrasound: A Review of Current Clinical Applications, Challenges, and Future Implications El Sayed, Mazen J. Zaghrini, Elie Emerg Med Int Review Article Imaging modalities in the prehospital setting are helpful in the evaluation and management of time-sensitive emergency conditions. Ultrasound is the main modality that has been applied by emergency medical services (EMS) providers in the field. This paper examines the clinical applications of ultrasound in the prehospital setting. Specific focus is on applications that provide essential information to guide triage and management of critical patients. Challenges of this modality are also described in terms of cost impact on EMS agencies, provider training, and skill maintenance in addition to challenges related to the technical aspect of ultrasound. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013 2013-09-19 /pmc/articles/PMC3792527/ /pubmed/24171113 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/531674 Text en Copyright © 2013 M. J. El Sayed and E. Zaghrini. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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