title: [Implementation of focused ultrasonography in an acute care setting].
abstract: The legitimacy of intensivists and emergency physicians to use ultrasound in their daily practice is no longer questioned. This new tool is now considered essential in the acute care setting. After overcoming the technological and political obstacles, the current challenge is to implement technology in units. Here we give some recommendations based on our experience of the last fifteen years.
authors.affiliation: Réanimation médicale, Hôpital Riviera-Chablais, Vevey.
authors.forename: Damien
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Tagan
authors.affiliation: Réanimation médico-chirurgicale, Hôpital du Sacré-Cœur de Montréal, Université de Montréal, Canada.
authors.forename: Yanick
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Beaulieu
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003422:Critical Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003479:Curriculum; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004502:Education, Medical, Continuing; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004867:Equipment Design; D006284:Health Plan Implementation / Q000458:organization & administration; D006757:Hospital Units / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D008348:Manikins; D012151:Resuscitation / Q000193:education / Q000295:instrumentation*; D013557:Switzerland; D017216:Telemedicine / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000458:organization & administration; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000295:instrumentation*
keywords: Echokardiographie; Fortbildung; Intensivmedizin; Notfallmedizin; Ultraschall; critical care; echocardiography; emergency medicine; enseignement; implementation; implémentation; médecine d'urgences; médecine intensive; teaching; ultrasonographie; ultrasonography; échocardiographie