title: The CORE scan: concentrated overview of resuscitative efforts.
abstract: Critically ill patients require rapid, accurate assessments and appropriate therapeutic interventions to maximize their chances of recovery. Often the cause of a patient's decompensation is not readily apparent based solely on history and physical examination findings. The Concentrated Overview of Resuscitative Efforts (CORE scan) is a compilation of targeted bedside ultrasound exams that should be performed during the assessment and management of critically ill patients. The CORE scan can be used to help make critical diagnoses and guide resuscitation efforts in patients with undifferentiated deterioration.
authors.affiliation: EM Residency Program, Department of Emergency Medicine, Maricopa Medical Center, University of Arizona, College of Medicine-Phoenix, 2601 East Roosevelt Street, Phoenix, AZ 85008, USA. Electronic address: teresawumd@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Teresa S
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Wu
mesh_terms: D016887:Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation / Q000379:methods*; D057189:Checklist; D003422:Critical Care / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D019095:Point-of-Care Systems; D013909:Thorax / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000379:methods
keywords: CORE scan; Emergency bedside ultrasonography; Resuscitation ultrasound