Re: In Flight Ultrasound

[Rollie Parrish <rparrish@flightweb.com>]

On Wed, 29 May 2002, Craig Felty wrote:

> Has anyone had experience with using a portable ultrasound machine for
> evaluation of a trauma patient during transport? If you have, do you
> have a policy or protocol you would be willing to share? I am
> referring to use of a machine more sophisticated than a Doppler- more
> along the lines of doing a FAST exam in flight. Thanks

Contact the folks at LifeFlight in Portland, OR. I'm not sure if they are
still using them, but I know they did at one time.  They also presented
their findings at AMTC in recent years.

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Rollie Parrish
FlightWeb: For Air Medical Professionals
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