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Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine

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

Authors: Louise Kollander Jakobsen, Morten Thingemann Bøtker, Lars Peter Lawrence, Erik Sloth, Lars Knudsen

Published in: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine | Issue 1/2014

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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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Title: Systematic training in focused cardiopulmonary ultrasound affects decision-making in the prehospital setting – two case reports
Authors: Louise Kollander Jakobsen
Morten Thingemann Bøtker
Lars Peter Lawrence
Erik Sloth
Lars Knudsen
Publication date: 01-12-2014
Publisher: BioMed Central
Published in: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine / Issue 1/2014
Electronic ISSN: 1757-7241
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/1757-7241-22-29

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