title: Systematic training in focused cardiopulmonary ultrasound affects decision-making in the prehospital setting - two case reports.
abstract: We present two cases from the Helicopter Emergency Medical Services (HEMS) in Denmark, in which prehospital physicians trained in cardiac ultrasound (FATE) disclosed significant pathology that induced a radical change for the critical patient's course.
authors.forename: Louise Kollander
authors.initials: LK
authors.lastname: Jakobsen
authors.forename: Morten Thingemann
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Bøtker
authors.forename: Lars Peter
authors.initials: LP
authors.lastname: Lawrence
authors.forename: Erik
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sloth
authors.affiliation: Research Center for Emergency Medicine, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark. lars.knudsen@dadlnet.dk.
authors.forename: Lars
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Knudsen
mesh_terms: D003657:Decision Making; D004502:Education, Medical, Continuing / Q000379:methods; D004632:Emergency Medical Services; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D020896:Hypovolemia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009104:Multiple Trauma / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D012151:Resuscitation / Q000193:education* / Q000379:methods; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012769:Shock / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D015599:Trauma Severity Indices; D014194:Traumatology / Q000193:education*; D014463:Ultrasonography