Comparing Use of a Prehospital Ultrasound System and Standard Prehospital Care in Thoracoabdominal Trauma

Inclusion Criteria

• •Patient is 18 years of age or older
• •Patient presenting with blunt or penetrating trauma to the thorax or abdomen
• •Patient transported by MD Ambulance to Royal University Hospital
• •Patient being transported by a paramedic who has received training in the above ultrasound system and who has with them a NanoMaxx Ultrasound System (SonoSite) to be used in connection with the RP-Xpress (InTouch Technologies)
• •Patient will take longer than 10 minutes to transport to hospital
• •Patient's care will not be compromised in completing a FAST exam - opinion of paramedic
• •Patient's care will not be compromised in completing a FAST exam - opinion of ER physician
• •Patient is 18 years of age or older
• •Patient presenting with blunt or penetrating trauma to the thorax or abdomen
• •Patient transported by MD Ambulance to Royal University Hospital
• •Patient will take longer than 10 minutes to transport to hospital