Position Statement
on Emergency Medicine Ultrasonography
(March
2001)
Ultrasound imaging has been
utilized successfully in various specialties of
medicine to enhance physician's ability to evaluate,
diagnose and treat patients.
The Hong Kong College of Emergency
Medicine endorses the following principles:
Emergency ultrasound examination should be
available twenty-four hours a day in Emergency
Departments.
Focused ultrasound imaging by Emergency Physicians
will enhance quality of care to acutely ill
or injured emergency patients.
Emergency Physicians providing ultrasound
services should have appropriate training and
there should be a mechanism to maintain a satisfactory
standard.
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