The efficacy of Point-of-Care testing in the prehospital setting

1. Point-of-care testing for the diagnosis and treatment of shock in the pre-hospital setting.

1.1. Prehospital point of care testing for early detection of shock and prediction of lifesaving interventions

2. Point-of-care testing as an indicator for interventions required in the care of trauma patients.

2.1. Laboratory testing during critical care transport

2.2. Prehospital point of care testing for the early detection of shock and prediction of lifesaving interventions

3. Topic Sentence: Point-of-Care testing, though traditionally a modality of testing used primarily in Emergency Rooms, has the potentially to decrease patient morbidity and mortality in the field, through providing Paramedics and EMTs with useful information demonstrating indications for proper interventions.

3.1. I liked your topic sentence! It's focused and it has a lot to expand upon.

4. Point-of-care testing for identifying hypoglycemia and hyperglycemia

4.1. Letter Responds to 'Point-of-Care Glucose Testing'

4.2. What's the Point of Point-of-Care Testing?

4.3. Point-of-Care Blood Glucose Testing for Diabetes Care in Hospitalized Patients

5. Point-of-care testing for diagnosing acute myocardial infarctions in the prehospital setting

5.1. Predictive value of routine point-of-care cardiac troponin T measurement for prehospital diagnosis and risk-stratification in patients with suspected acute myocardial infarction

5.2. BET 1 Prehospital cardiac troponin testing to rule out acute coronary syndromes

5.3. You've done a good job of branching out the various aspects of the main idea. I'm sure this activity helped you develop better ideas on the topic. Good work!