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Gastric Rupture on Positive RUQ FAST Exam

Bike vs Car.  Bicyclist hits anterior torso on mailbox.
on Positive RUQ ... FAST Exam Bike ... #Abdominal #POCUS ... clinical #ultrasound #Liver ... #Trauma
Vascular Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
 - Constant Pain (Ischemia)
 - Acute Onset
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- Differential ... Endocarditis) • Fat ... long bone) • Air ... Disruption • Trauma ... blood vessels • Abscess
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Pain Causes - Differential ... AMI • PUD • Gastric ... • Splenomegaly/Abscess ... hernia • Rib fracture ... #Causes #Differential
Adrenal hematoma/hemorrhage on FAST exam

Adult male with RUQ/side pain after MVC. Transient prehospital hypotension.  Has
Adult male with RUQ ... /side pain after ... Has femur fracture ... Diagnosis/differential ... #Positive #trauma
Free Air on Abdominal POCUS - Enhanced Peritoneal Stripe Sign (EPSS)

50 year old female with LLQ
Free Air on Abdominal ... female with LLQ pain ... anteriorly over the RUQ ... peritoneum and liver ... #Abdominal #POCUS
Perforated Gastric Ulcer on Abdominal POCUS
Not all FASTs are simple. Take a look at this! There
POCUS Not all ... FASTs are simple ... layering fluid in the LUQ ... Your differential ... occult bleed due to trauma
Pediatric Trauma Primary Survey: C-ABCDE
C - Catastrophic Bleeding - Life-threatening hemorrhage
 • Apply direct pressure/compression bandage
Pediatric Trauma ... Binder) • Use POCUS ... potential pelvic fracture ... 8, Responds to pain ... blankets, forced-air
Authors: Mark M. Ramzy, DO, EMT-P (@MarkRamzyDO, EM Resident Physician, Drexel University, Department of Emergency Medicine)
breath and chest pain ... located chest pain ... SpO2 88% on room air ... consider intra-abdominal ... bleeding often from a liver