The California journal of emergency medicine / California Chapter of the American Academy of Emergency Medicine
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The decision to terminate resuscitative measures in the setting of cardiac arrest is based on several criteria, some of which are subjective. Ultrasound in the emergency department has potentially added an objective data point to assist in this decision. ⋯ Most emergency physicians in this cohort who have access to ultrasound use it in cardiac arrest cases and believe that it shortens code times.
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To determine whether emergency physicians (EPs) who have skills in the other applications of ultrasound can apply these in appendicitis diagnosis. ⋯ ED ultrasound by EPs prior to focused appendicitis ultrasound training is insufficiently accurate.