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

Louise Kollander Jakobsen; Morten Thingemann Bøtker; Lars Peter Lawrence; Erik Sloth; Lars Knudsen

doi:10.1186/1757-7241-22-29

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

Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med. 2014 May 1:22:29. doi: 10.1186/1757-7241-22-29.

Authors

Louise Kollander Jakobsen, Morten Thingemann Bøtker, Lars Peter Lawrence, Erik Sloth, Lars Knudsen¹

Affiliation

¹ Research Center for Emergency Medicine, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark. lars.knudsen@dadlnet.dk.

Abstract

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.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Decision Making*
Education, Medical, Continuing / methods
Emergency Medical Services*
Female
Humans
Hypovolemia / diagnostic imaging*
Hypovolemia / etiology
Male
Middle Aged
Multiple Trauma / complications
Multiple Trauma / diagnostic imaging*
Resuscitation / education*
Resuscitation / methods
Retrospective Studies
Shock / diagnostic imaging*
Shock / etiology
Trauma Severity Indices
Traumatology / education*
Ultrasonography