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The role of point of care ultrasound in prehospital critical care: a systematic review.

Morten Thingemann BøtkerLars JacobsenSøren Steemann RudolphLars Knudsen
Published in: Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine (2018)
Prehospital POCUS is feasible and changes patient management in trauma, breathing difficulties and cardiac arrest, but it is unknown if this improves outcome. Expertise in POCUS requires extensive training by a combination of theory, hands-on training and a substantial amount of clinical examinations - a large part of these needs to be supervised.
Keyphrases
  • cardiac arrest
  • cardiopulmonary resuscitation
  • trauma patients
  • virtual reality
  • machine learning
  • magnetic resonance imaging
  • case report
  • computed tomography
  • ultrasound guided
  • contrast enhanced ultrasound