TY - JOUR T1 - Can tele-ultrasound examinations for FAST, performed by inexperienced technicians by remote instruction, produce diagnostic quality images? JF - Emergency Medicine Journal JO - Emerg Med J SP - 31 LP - 31 DO - 10.1136/emj.2009.082099e VL - 26 IS - Suppl 1 AU - M. Mitchelson AU - I. Crawford AU - J. Ferguson Y1 - 2009/10/01 UR - http://emj.bmj.com/content/26/Suppl_1/31.abstract N2 - The applications for ultrasound in emergency medicine (EM) have expanded meteorically over the past decade—it has even been described as “the stethoscope for the 21st century”. However, as a sub-specialisation within EM and the prehospital environment, it is still in its infancy. We assessed whether ultrasound trained EM practitioners could guide untrained individuals in producing diagnostic FAST … ER -