TY - JOUR
T1 - Battlefield applications for handheld ultrasound
AU - Nations, Joel Anthony
AU - Browning, Robert F.
PY - 2011/9
Y1 - 2011/9
N2 - Combat medical care provides unique challenges and opportunities for military medical teams. The austerity of the environment severely limits access to many diagnostic and therapeutic tools. Because of their compact size, handheld ultrasound (US) machines are increasingly being used in these constrained environments. A growing body of literature documents the diagnostic utility of handheld US for trauma encountered in the battlefield. Furthermore, US guidance may assist in the performance of some procedures performed in battlefield medical care. This review will provide an overview of the history, current status, limitations and potential future of US utility for the battlefield.
AB - Combat medical care provides unique challenges and opportunities for military medical teams. The austerity of the environment severely limits access to many diagnostic and therapeutic tools. Because of their compact size, handheld ultrasound (US) machines are increasingly being used in these constrained environments. A growing body of literature documents the diagnostic utility of handheld US for trauma encountered in the battlefield. Furthermore, US guidance may assist in the performance of some procedures performed in battlefield medical care. This review will provide an overview of the history, current status, limitations and potential future of US utility for the battlefield.
KW - battlefield medicine
KW - combat medicine
KW - military
KW - ultrasound
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=80052450627&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1097/RUQ.0b013e31822b7c14
DO - 10.1097/RUQ.0b013e31822b7c14
M3 - Review article
C2 - 21873854
AN - SCOPUS:80052450627
SN - 0894-8771
VL - 27
SP - 171
EP - 176
JO - Ultrasound Quarterly
JF - Ultrasound Quarterly
IS - 3
ER -