Ultrasound on the Frontlines: Empowering Paramedics with Lung Ultrasound for Dyspnea Diagnosis in Adults-A Pilot Study.

ABSTRACT: Lung transthoracic ultrasound (LUS) is an accessible and widely applicable method of rapidly imaging certain pathologies in the thorax. LUS proves to be an optimal tool in respiratory emergency medicine, applicable in various clinical settings. However, despite the rapid development of bedside ultrasonography, or point-of-care (POCUS) ultrasound, there remains a scarcity of knowledge about the use of LUS in pre-hospital settings. Therefore, our aim was to assess the usefulness of LUS as an additional tool in diagnosing dyspnea when performed by experienced paramedics in real-life, pre-hospital settings. Participants were recruited consecutively among patients who called for an emergency due to dyspnea in the Warsaw region of Poland. All the enrolled patients were admitted to the Emergency

SUBMITTER: Kowalczyk D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10670426 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature