Recent advances in technology have made the use of ultrasound (US) a possibility in
air medicine. A handheld US machine that appears promising as a diagnostic tool within
the helicopter theater was developed recently (Sonosite Corp., Bothell, Wash.). Several
air medical programs have begun using US as the focused abdominal sonography for trauma
(FAST) examination during helicopter transport.
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☆Presented at Airmed 2002, Interlaken, Switzerland, September 2002, and the Society of Academic Emergency Medicine, Boston, MA, May 2003.
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