| Description |
1 online resource (166 pages) |
| Contents |
Ultrasound in Emergency Care; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Ultrasound in Emergency Care CD Rom; 1 History of ultrasound in emergencies; 2 The physics of ultrasound; 3 Image acquisition and artefacts; 4 Focussed assessment with sonography for trauma (FAST); 5 Ultrasound of the chest; 6 Ultrasound assessment of the abdominal aorta; 7 Abdominal emergencies; 8 Bedside ultrasound as an adjunct in the evaluation of critically ill patients; 9 Obstetric and gynaecological emergencies; 10 Soft tissue ultrasound; 11 Ultrasound for bony trauma; 12 Ultrasound for venous access |
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13 Procedural applications of emergency bedside ultrasound14 Ultrasound in austere and mass casualty settings; 15 Training in emergency ultrasound; Index |
| Summary |
A practical guide to the use of ultrasound and how to interpret the scans, aimed specifically at emergency physicians and staff. This is recognised as an essential skill in emergency medicine, and this book will provide the means to learn it, with question led text and many illustrations of real examples. The book will include a CD Rom of video clips, showing normal and abnormal scans, approximating to the real life situation |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Medical emergencies -- Ultrasonic imaging
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Emergency medicine -- Diagnosis.
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Emergency medicine -- Diagnosis
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Connolly, Jim, 1964-
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Chan, Otto
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| ISBN |
9780470755013 |
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0470755016 |
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