ArticlePrehospital and disaster medicine2022
The Utilization of Handheld Ultrasound Devices in a Prehospital Setting.
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- Systematic Review of Commercially Available Clinical CMUT-Based Systems for Use in Medical Ultrasound Imaging: Products, Applications, and Performance.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Pooled it
- Contribution of point-of-care ultrasound in the prehospital management of patients with non-trauma acute dyspnea: a systematic review and meta-analysis.European journal of emergency medicine : official journal of the European Society for Emergency Medicine · 2025Pooled it
- Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) in emergency airway management: emerging evidence for assessment, prediction, and confirmation.Internal and emergency medicine · 2026Review
- An artificial intelligence-based semi-quantitative diagnostic model for intra-abdominal hemorrhage based on focused assessment with sonography for trauma: A large animal experimental study.Chinese journal of traumatology = Zhonghua chuang shang za zhi · 2026Article
- Prehospital emergency services: expectations of patients and companions.International journal of emergency medicine · 2026Article
- Implementing ultrasound in emergency medical services: assessing physician proficiency and training requirements.Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine · 2025Observational
- Enhancing prehospital decision-making: exploring user needs and design considerations for clinical decision support systems.BMC medical informatics and decision making · 2025Article
- Comparison of the diagnostic concordance of tele-EMS and EMS physicians in the emergency medical service-a subanalysis of the TEMS-trial.Frontiers in digital health · 2025Article
- The Utilization of Handheld Ultrasound Devices in a Prehospital Settings - CORRIGENDUM.Prehospital and disaster medicine · 2024Article
- The Performance Characteristics of Handheld, Non-Piezoelectric Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) in the Emergency Department.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Prehospital blood gas analyses in acute patients treated by a ground-based physician-manned emergency unit: a cohort study.Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine · 2023Article
- Impact of Smart Glasses on Patient Care Time in Emergency Medical Services Ambulance.Prehospital and disaster medicine · 2023Article
- Optimizing Operation Time and Travel Distance for Motorcycle Ambulances in Emergency Medical Services.Prehospital and disaster medicine · 2023Article
- The Impact of Prehospital Point of Care Ultrasounds on Emergency Patients Length of Stay in Thailand.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2023Article
- Characteristics and Outcomes of Patient Transport to the Hospital by Emergency Medical Services (EMS); a Cross-sectional Study.Archives of academic emergency medicine · 2023Article
- Handheld Ultrasound (HHUS): Potential for Home Palliative Care.Ultrasound international open · 2022Review
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Abstract
introductionPrehospital ultrasounds can be considered a new form of diagnostic tool when taking into account their small structure and due to the fact that nowadays, they are used in the care of emergency patients. However, at present, there is no study regarding the advantage of ultrasound usage in prehospital settings in Thailand. STUDY
objectiveThis study aims to determine the sonographic characteristics recorded by handheld ultrasounds used in prehospital care and the diagnostic accuracy of ultrasounds for prehospital patients.
methodsA cross-sectional study was conducted on prehospital patients who underwent point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) examination on Emergency Medical Service (EMS) operations at Srinagarind Hospital, Thailand from January 2021 through December 2021. The ultrasound images, the electronic emergency department medical records, and the EMS database were recorded and reviewed by a team of emergency physicians. The quality of prehospital ultrasound examinations was assessed by comparing the diagnoses at the scene with those taken at the hospital.
resultsOne hundred sixty-nine prehospital patients who received POCUS examinations were examined over a one-year period. All (100.0%) of the scans were for medical cases. No ultrasound protocol was used in the prehospital care. Two hundred eight POCUS examinations were performed in this study. The most common POCUS indication was dyspnea (45.6%), followed by hypotension/shock (30.1%), and finally syncope (8.2%). The most common area where POCUS was performed was on the lung (37.0%), followed by the inferior vena cava (30.8%), and finally for cardiac cases (26.4%). This study found that 34.9% of sonographic findings could be considered abnormal. The diagnoses of prehospital patients were confirmed by using POCUS in 66 cases (39.1%) with the accuracy of prehospital diagnosis reaching a peak of 75.8%.
conclusionThis study shows POCUS examinations can be effectively used in prehospital care. The prehospital diagnosis given by physicians administering treatment who used POCUS examinations correlated with the in-hospital diagnosis.
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