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Ultrasonographic Assessment During Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
Published on: October 24, 2020
Systematic training in focused cardiopulmonary ultrasound affects decision-making in the prehospital setting - two
Louise Kollander Jakobsen, Morten Thingemann Bøtker, Lars Peter Lawrence
1Research 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.
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