Prehospital portable ultrasound for safe and accurate prehospital needle thoracostomy: a pilot educational study

Abstract Background Simulated needle thoracostomy (NT) using ultrasound may reduce potential injury, increase accuracy, and be as rapid to perform as the traditional landmark technique following a brief educational session. Our objective was to determine if the use of an educational session demonstr...

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Main Authors: Zachary E. Dewar, Stephanie Ko, Cameron Rogers, Alexis Oropallo, Andrew Augustine, Ankitha Pamula, Christopher L. Berry
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2022-06-01
Series:The Ultrasound Journal
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13089-022-00270-w