文摘
The use of ultrasound in emergency medicine cannot be avoided. These guidelines have been developed by the French Society of Emergency Medicine (Société française de médecine d’urgence) for clinical skills in ultrasound first level in emergency medicine (échographie clinique en médecine d’urgence [ECMU]). This guideline covers emergency medicine field of investigation, teaching methods and skills maintenance. These guidelines can be applied to emergency medicine practice in its different modalities of exercise: in and out of hospital environment, disaster medicine, isolated or dangerous areas. The methodology is based on the “Recommendations by Formal Consensus” method published by the French National Authority for Health (HAS) and the Delphi method to quantify the professional agreement. The lack of high‑level evidence publications and the existence of controversy were the main reasons to choose this methodology. This document presents the items deemed appropriate by the raters. These guidelines define the first level of competence in ECMU.