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Landmarks for Serratus Anterior Plane Block (SAPB) on POCUS
Pain related to rib fractures can be difficult
related to rib fractures ... anterolateral rib fractures ... #clinical #ultrasound ... #anesthesia #pain ... #local #anatomy
Digital clubbing found in a 64 year old woman seen for pathological patellar fracture after a
pathological patellar fracture ... Chest X-Ray shows ... a likely lung carcinoma ... #fingernails #clinical ... #photo #pulmonary
Orthopedic Emergencies
Compartment Syndrome
 • An increase in compartment pressure to the point where tissue perfusion is
globules in the lung ... bone fractures ... fibula) and hip fractures ... bone fractures ... hours to days, the local
Radial Nerve Block on POCUS
Identification of the radial nerve in the right upper arm just proximal
Nerve Block on POCUS ... distal radius fracture ... #clinical #ultrasound ... #anesthesia #pain ... #local
Interscalene Nerve Block on POCUS
Fracture/dislocation of a shoulder. Pt hypoxic/hypovent due to opiates. When your rock
Nerve Block on POCUS ... Fracture/dislocation ... Interscalene #NerveBlock #POCUS ... #ultrasound #clinical ... #pain #local #anesthesia
Radius Fracture on POCUS
Great example of the use of POCUS to diagnose a fracture of a
Radius Fracture ... to diagnose a fracture ... of a long bone ... GERpocus #Radius #Fracture ... #POCUS #clinical
Sternal fracture on POCUS. 

It’s super easy! Place linear probe in long axis over point of
Sternal fracture ... linear probe in long ... Xray read as normal ... Sternal #Sternum #Fracture ... #Clinical #POCUS
Rib fractures on POCUS 
1. look for a discontinuity at the site of pain and tenderness
Rib fractures on ... orient in line on long ... as a step off / fracture ... #Rib #fracture # ... POCUS #clinical
Authors: Mark M. Ramzy, DO, EMT-P (@MarkRamzyDO, EM Resident Physician, Drexel University, Department of Emergency Medicine)
Rib Fractures Rib ... fractures, though ... diagnosis of rib fracture ... is required to fracture ... a lateral rib fracture
Lesions of the Spinal cord - Spinal Cord Syndromes

Spinal cord lesions can result in permanent neurologic
patients with a long ... anterior horn gray ... Vertebral burst fracture ... Impotence - Saddle anesthesia ... loss - Saddle anesthesia