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APPENDIX 1

Nurse and Point-of-Care Ultrasound search for free fluid in peritoneal and pericardial space after
a trauma (FAST examination).
The aim of this survey is to find out the opinion of military
nurses deployed in military operations (all posts and all ex­ After a short description of your nursing career, you are
perience) on the use of point­of­care ultrasound (POCUS) by asked 5 questions: circle the correct answers. There may be
nurses. The POCUS corresponds to an ultrasound performed multiple answers. Do not hesitate to write down what you
at the patient’s location (in the field, in a helicopter or CASA think or your questions, if you have any, at the end of the
flight, in a role 1 treatment room . . .) by a non­radiologist questionnaire.
doctor (unit doctor, emergency doctor, resuscitator . . .) aim­ —Dr. Cazes
ing to answer a simple binary question (YES/NO) such as the

Initials (First Name­Last name): Year of 1st assignment (civilian or military):

Curriculum (circle the answer): Military units only Military teaching hospital only Both

Number of missions as a nurse:
Position held during this mandate (role 1/2, aeromedical evacuation team, special unit):

1. Are you trained in POCUS? YES NO
– If NO, would you like to be trained? YES NO
– If NO, why?
2. Have you ever performed an ultrasound examination alone? YES NO
– If YES :
M In real life or in simulation?
M Number ultrasound examinations performed.
M Type of target(s) acquired (FAST, biliary, renal examination…?)
3. Do you think that a nurse trained in POCUS can have an added value in the management of a patient? YES NO
– If YES (tick the proposal(s) you agree with):
M In missions (I the field, role 1 or 2)?
M In military units in metropolitan France?
M In isolated posts without a physician?
M In a physician­nurse pair?
4. What type(s) of ultrasound acquisition do you think would be most useful to you:
M FAST (search for free fluid in peritoneal and pericardial space)
M Venous access guidance
M Pleural ultrasound (search of a pneumothorax and/or hemothorax)
M Resuscitation evaluation/ Cardiac and inferior vena cava ultrasound (intravascular volume evaluation to guide
fluid resuscitation)
M Lower extremity deep vein examination (search for thrombosis)
M Renal examination (search for kidney stones, urinary globe)?
M Other?
5. Is your physician­nurse pair equipped with US scanners? YES NO
Comments / Questions:

THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION

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