Usefulness of point-of-care ultrasound in military medical emergencies performed by young military medicine residents.

Introduction: To evaluate the usefulness of point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) performed by young military medicine residents after short training in the diagnosis of medical emergencies.

Methods: A prospective study was performed in the emergency department of a French army teaching hospital. Two young military medicine residents received ultrasound training focused on gall bladder, kidneys and lower limb veins.

[Managing an influx of casualties in Afghanistan].

Forward medical support is a fundamental principle of French army health service doctrine. During operations, the mission of army doctors and nurses is to treat casualties as high up the rescue chain as possible. This article describes the example of Afghanistan, in 2012, when the French army had to manage in a hostile environment an influx of casualties, sometimes massive and causing resources to become saturated.

Emergency ultrasound: a prospective study on sufficient adequate training for military doctors.

Purpose: To evaluate the feasibility of "accelerated" training for military doctors in front line ultrasound. To establish the number of ultrasounds required to validate the doctor's training. To assess the average acquisition time for each ultrasound target.

[Ultrasound evaluation of the nasogastric tube position in prehospital].

Objective: To assess the feasibility and actual performance of ultrasound control in verification of the correct positioning of a nasogastric tube in pre-hospital settings.

Study Type: Prospective, observational, single-centre study.

Patients And Methods: Correct positioning of nasogastric tubes in patients intubated in a pre-hospital setting was verified by ultrasound and routinely compared with the results of two pre-hospital tests, namely a test involving insufflation of air through a syringe coupled with epigastric auscultation and a test involving aspiration of gastric fluid with a syringe.