Live Stream of Ultrasound in Prehospital Medical Care

Quality of PEU live stream.

Prehospital emergency ultrasound (PEU) is being increasingly used in different preclinical
 emergency systems across the world. Ultrasound examinations in emergency situations, however,
 remain challenging even in the hospital setting despite the availability of standardized
 approaches such as Focused Assessment with Sonography for Trauma (FAST). Preclinical
 circumstances further complicate the adequate execution of an additional diagnostic tool such
 as PEU on the scene or inside a medical emergency vehicle. Furthermore, rapid translation of
 ultrasound findings into meaningful therapeutic consequences is considerably demanding in an
 environment of limited resources. If focused PEU is correctly used and patients' condition
 allows emergency doctors a careful ultrasound examination, it is possible to differentiate
 life-threatening diagnoses. PEU should be implemented in the management of emergency patients
 affected by trauma, cardiac arrest/shock or respiratory problems. To date it is unclear
 whether PEU results in improved outcome.
 
 Some emergency cases present difficult challenges in the prehospital ultrasound examination.
 Portable devices designed for PEU suggest the possibility of increasing the use of ultrasound
 in the field. However, to the investigator's knowledge, opportunities for real-time
 consultation with a second specialist including live transmission of the ultrasound picture
 are not being provided at any preclinical emergency facility.