Áverkaómun

The use of ultrasound is now widespread within the field of Emergency Medicine. The availability of lightweight and relatively cheap ultrasound devices has enabled clinicians to obtain more detailed information about the condition of acutely ill and injured patients than can be done with a clinical...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Hjalti Már Björnsson, Hilmar Kjartansson
Other Authors: hjaltimb@gmail.com
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:Icelandic
Published: Læknafélag Íslands, Læknafélag Reykjavíkur 2011
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2336/146585
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Summary:The use of ultrasound is now widespread within the field of Emergency Medicine. The availability of lightweight and relatively cheap ultrasound devices has enabled clinicians to obtain more detailed information about the condition of acutely ill and injured patients than can be done with a clinical exam only. This paper discusses the standardized E-FAST exam for trauma; the technical details of the exam and the reliability of the information gained by each of it's components. Other advanced use of ultrasound for evaluation of trauma patients is introduced. Investing in the equipment and physician training to provide emergency ultrasound evaluation of injured and acutely ill patients in Iceland may be a relatively inexpensive way to improve patient care. Á síðustu árum hefur ómskoðun verið æ meira notuð við bráðalækningar. Tilkoma ódýrra og handhægra ómtækja hefur gert læknum kleift að afla mun nákvæmari upplýsinga um ástand slasaðra og bráðveikra en fæst með hefðbundinni líkamsskoðun eingöngu. Hér er fjallað um staðlaða bráðaómskoðun vegna áverka, hvernig hún er framkvæmd og nákvæmni ýmissa þátta skoðunarinnar. Kynntir verða aðrir þættir sem hægt er að bæta við hina stöðluðu áverkaómun til frekari greiningar. Að mati höfunda er fjárfesting í tækjabúnaði og þjálfun lækna til áverkaómunar líklega hagkvæm leið til að bæta þjónustu við slasaða á Íslandi.