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Basic Transthoracic Echocardiography Cardiac Views: PLAX, PSAX, Apical, Subcostal

- Dr. Jonny Wilkinson
@Wilkinsonjonny

#Anatomy #POCUS #Cardiac #TTE #Echocardiogram
Echocardiography Cardiac ... Views: PLAX, PSAX ... Wilkinsonjonny #Anatomy ... #POCUS #Cardiac ... Orientations #Atlas #Map
POCUS Echocardiography - Table of Cardiac Views and Windows
 • Parastemal Long-Axis View (PLAX)
 • Parasternal
POCUS Echocardiography ... - Table of Cardiac ... Flow Doppler #Anatomy ... #POCUS #Cardiac ... Orientations #Atlas #Map
Air gap sign: loss of cardiac image during systole in Pneumopericardium
Interesting observation –loss of cardiac window
Air gap sign: loss ... of cardiac image ... see this after cardiac ... echocardiogram #a4c #plax ... #pocus #airgap
Pediatric Trauma Primary Survey: C-ABCDE
C - Catastrophic Bleeding - Life-threatening hemorrhage
 • Apply direct pressure/compression bandage
applied) A - Airway ... /airway threat ... c-spine not cleared; plan ... Binder) • Use POCUS ... Analgesia/sedation plan
Cardiac Tamponade - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Caused by an accumulation of blood, pus, effusion fluid
Cardiac Tamponade ... • Maintain the airway ... • Call for cardiac ... tamponade recurs. ❿ Plan ... specialist referral. ⓫ Plan
Overview of approach to brain death

Pursuing a diagnosis of brain death too early may lead to
death too early may ... patient should focus ... a mechanism of injury ... brain death (e.g. cardiac
Predicting an anatomically and/or physiologically challenging airway is not a straightforward task by any stretch of
physiologically challenging airway ... existing difficult-airway ... surgery setting and may ... prediction models only focus ... Extremes of size, Anatomic
Intraoperative Anaphylaxis - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
• Unexplained hypotension
• Unexplained bronchospasm (wheeze may be absent
• Unexpected cardiac ... surgery. ❷ Call for cardiac ... • Maintain the airway ... • Plan for repeat ... feasible (Box B). ⓭ Plan
Approach to Tracheostomy Emergencies - OnePager Summary
COMPONENTS OF A TRACHEOSTOMY TUBE:
 • Obturator - inserted into
enables sustained airway ... for help (e.g. airway ... plan - Deflate ... plan - Deflate ... #anatomy
Metastatic Sarcoma causing Cardiac Tamponade on POCUS
This 50 yo man had an aggressive sarcoma with cardiac
Tamponade on POCUS ... This 50 yo man ... PratsEM Distorted anatomy ... #Tamponade #POCUS ... echocardiogram #plax