Feasibility of Paramedic Performed Prehospital Lung Ultrasound in Medical Patients with Respiratory Distress.
Torben K BeckerChristian Martin-GillClifton W CallawayFrancis X GuyetteChristopher SchottPublished in: Prehospital emergency care : official journal of the National Association of EMS Physicians and the National Association of State EMS Directors (2017)
Paramedic performed prehospital lung ultrasound for patients with respiratory distress and remote interpretation by EMS physicians did not meet the predetermined thresholds to be considered "feasible" in a real-world environment with currently available technologies. This study identified important barriers to the implementation of prehospital lung ultrasound, which should be addressed in future studies.