Detecting blood clots in A&E can 'cut deaths'

TRAINING frontline staff to detect blood clots using ultrasound could slash A&E waiting times by almost half, researchers have suggested

- Hanna Geissler

Suspected deep vein thrombosis - blood clots that usually develops in the legs and can be fatal accounts for up to 2% of all emergency department visits.

Long A&E waits have been linked to more deaths, higher healthcare costs and staff burnout.

A team recruited 11 medics from Tampere University Hospital and Kuopio University Hospital in Finland to examine the records of 93 patients who visited their casualty departments with suspected DVT from 2017 to 2019.