Open AccessUse of the cardiac ultrasound at emergency room for general physicians
Author(s) -
Hiromitsu Kataoka,
Luis Fernando Mendoza Ortiz,
Daniela Salazar Restrepo
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
revista médica de risaralda/revista medica de risaralda
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2539-5203
pISSN - 0122-0667
DOI - 10.22517/25395203.24911
Subject(s) - medicine , ultrasonography , medical emergency , ideal (ethics) , emergency physician , intensive care medicine , cardiopulmonary resuscitation , cardiac ultrasound , resuscitation , ultrasound , emergency department , emergency medicine , radiology , nursing , philosophy , epistemology
Ultrasonography at the Emergency Room (ER) becomes a useful tool for emergency doctors, especially when they need to attend to diseases that require faster treatment. This is an ideal non-invasive exam which is cheap and can be implemented in real time to obtain instantly the missing information. The quick recognition of the causes of the cardiac instability will lead to better results for conditions such as cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (CPR). The aim of this article is to show the usefulness of cardiac ultrasonography and to briefly teach general practitioners at ER about it.