Impact of portable ultrasound in trauma care after the Haitian earthquake of 2010

Portable ultrasound proved to be a valuable tool in our experience providing clinical care in this mass casualty disaster. Because of the heavy burden of crush trauma victims in an earthquake-specific mass casualty incident, rapid identification of potentially life-threatening injuries can be assist...

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Published in:The American journal of emergency medicine 2010-10, Vol.28 (8), p.970-971
Main Authors: Shah, Sachita, MD, Dalal, Akshay, MD, Smith, R. Malcolm, MD, Joseph, Giliane, MD, Rogers, Selwyn, MD, Dyer, George S.M., MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Abdomen
Amputation
Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy
Biological and medical sciences
Clinical death. Palliative care. Organ gift and preservation
Disaster Medicine - instrumentation
Disasters
Earthquakes
Emergency
Emergency medical care
Haiti
Hospitals
Humans
Intensive care medicine
Medical sciences
Pain
Pediatrics
Seismic activity
Trauma
Trauma care
Ultrasonography - instrumentation
Wounds and Injuries - diagnostic imaging
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Summary:Portable ultrasound proved to be a valuable tool in our experience providing clinical care in this mass casualty disaster. Because of the heavy burden of crush trauma victims in an earthquake-specific mass casualty incident, rapid identification of potentially life-threatening injuries can be assisted by the use of ultrasound for pneumothorax, intraperitoneal and intrathoracic hemorrhage, shock, perioperative cardiac assessment of systolic function and volume status, and infectious complications of abdominal trauma.
ISSN:0735-6757
1532-8171
DOI:10.1016/j.ajem.2010.06.017