Systematic training in focused cardiopulmonary ultrasound affects decision-making in the prehospital setting - two case reports

TY - JOUR

T1 - Systematic training in focused cardiopulmonary ultrasound affects decision-making in the prehospital setting - two case reports

AU - Jakobsen, Louise Kollander

AU - Bøtker, Morten Thingemann

AU - Lawrence, Lars Peter

AU - Sloth, Erik

AU - Knudsen, Lars

PY - 2014

Y1 - 2014

N2 - We present two cases from the Helicopter Emergency Medical Services (HEMS) in Denmark, in which prehospital physicians trained in cardiac ultrasound (FATE) disclosed significant pathology that induced a radical change for the critical patient's course.

AB - We present two cases from the Helicopter Emergency Medical Services (HEMS) in Denmark, in which prehospital physicians trained in cardiac ultrasound (FATE) disclosed significant pathology that induced a radical change for the critical patient's course.

KW - Decision Making

KW - Education, Medical, Continuing

KW - Emergency Medical Services

KW - Female

KW - Humans

KW - Hypovolemia

KW - Male

KW - Middle Aged

KW - Multiple Trauma

KW - Resuscitation

KW - Retrospective Studies

KW - Shock

KW - Trauma Severity Indices

KW - Traumatology

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84900020209&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1186/1757-7241-22-29

DO - 10.1186/1757-7241-22-29

M3 - Journal article

C2 - 24886932

SN - 1757-7241

VL - 22

SP - 29

JO - Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine

JF - Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine

ER -