Aurélien Renard, C Martinet, P J Cungi, E Combes, G Gasperini, N Cazes, C Carfantan, A Faivre, S Travers, C Kelway, P Benner
INTRODUCTION: The extent of the French forces' territory in the Sahel band generates long medical evacuations. In case of many victims, to respect the golden hour rule, first-line sorting is essential. Through simulation situations, the aim of our study was to assess whether the use of ultrasound was useful to military doctors. METHODS: In combat-like exercise conditions, we provided trainees with a pocket-size ultrasound. Every patient for whom the trainees chose to perform ultrasound in role 1 was included...
October 2019: Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps