title: Implementation of the ABL-90 blood gas analyzer in a ground-based mobile emergency care unit.
abstract: Point-of Care analysis is increasingly being applied in the prehospital scene. Arterial blood gas analysis is one of many new initiatives adding to the diagnostic tools of the prehospital physician. In this paper we present a study on the feasibility of the Radiometer ABL-90 in a ground-based Mobile Emergency Care Unit and report on some clinical situations in which the apparatus has proven beneficial.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Mobile Emergency Care Unit, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark. Soeren.mikkelsen@rsyd.dk.
authors.forename: Søren
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mikkelsen
authors.affiliation: Institute of Technology and Innovation, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.
authors.forename: Jonathan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wolsing-Hansen
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Biochemistry and Pharmacology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark.
authors.forename: Mads
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nybo
authors.affiliation: Facilities Management, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark.
authors.forename: Christian Ulrik
authors.initials: CU
authors.lastname: Maegaard
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Mobile Emergency Care Unit, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark.
authors.forename: Søren
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jepsen
mesh_terms: D000552:Ambulances; D001784:Blood Gas Analysis / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004630:Emergencies; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D019095:Point-of-Care Systems