Implementation of prehospital emergency ultrasound: the Sassari Prehospital Emergency Ultrasound Project
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Implementation of prehospital emergency ultrasound: the Sassari Prehospital Emergency Ultrasound Project
Methods A partnership was established with an EMS yet successful in implementing PEU ( Siena EMS, Italy , which started the Siena PEU Project in 2009). The Sassari EMS, a physician-staffed service, acquired six US machines fit for the prehospital setting (Micromaxx/Sonosite). A motivational theoretical and hands-on simulated case-based seminar was conducted, involving all physicians working for...
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عنوان ژورنال: Critical Ultrasound Journal
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2036-3176,2036-7902
DOI: 10.1186/2036-7902-6-s2-a4