Apport de l'échographie extrahospitalière au diagnostic des urgences : expérience en milieu militaire (podcast)

Out-of-hospital utrasonography is used for emergency diagnosis of trauma and non-trauma lesions determining the type of management of patients and their discharge toward hospitals where they can be adequately treated. Ultrasonography allows to diagnose thoracic and abdominal lesions and to evaluate intracranial circulation and pressure. Lessons from the recent battlefields confirm the value of ultrasonography for grading the severity of the lesions and the emergency of treatment required. Ultrasonography has to be considered as an integral part of the technology available for emergency care practitioners.