Prehospital emergency medical technicians can perform ultrasonography and blood analysis in prehospital evaluation of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a feasibility study.
Giti NadimChristian Borbjerg LaursenPia Iben PietersenDaniel WittrockMichael K SørensenLars B NielsenClaus-Henrik RasmussenHelle Marie ChristensenSimon HelmerikGitte JørgensenIngrid L TitlestadAnnmarie Touborg LassenSøren MikkelsenPublished in: BMC health services research (2021)
In a few selected patients with suspected acute exacerbations of COPD, it was technically and organisationally feasible for EMTs and PMs to perform prehospital POCT-ultrasound and laboratory testing and release the patients following treatment. None of the patients released at the scene requested a secondary ambulance within the first 48 h following the intervention.
Keyphrases
- emergency medical
- end stage renal disease
- cardiac arrest
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- chronic kidney disease
- magnetic resonance imaging
- randomized controlled trial
- peritoneal dialysis
- prognostic factors
- magnetic resonance
- cystic fibrosis
- patient reported outcomes
- computed tomography
- intensive care unit
- contrast enhanced
- ultrasound guided
- patient reported
- acute respiratory distress syndrome