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

- Dr. Jonny Wilkinson
@Wilkinsonjonny

#Anatomy #POCUS #Cardiac #TTE #Echocardiogram
Cardiac Views: PLAX ... Wilkinsonjonny #Anatomy ... #POCUS #Cardiac ... Echocardiogram #Heart ... Orientations #Atlas #Map
POCUS Echocardiography - Table of Cardiac Views and Windows
 • Parastemal Long-Axis View (PLAX)
 • Parasternal
POCUS Echocardiography ... Flow Doppler #Anatomy ... #POCUS #Cardiac ... Echocardiogram #Heart ... Orientations #Atlas #Map
Parasternal Short Axis (PSAX) at the level of the Aortic Valve

Phased array transducer; parasternal short axis/indicator
Parasternal Short Axis (PSAX ... acuity of right heart ... #Short #Axis #PSAX ... clinical #cardiology #POCUS ... #labeled #anatomy
Algorithm for management of Multiple Trauma in Mountain Environment
Complete primary survey
 - Haemorrhage control (regional and
Algorithm for management ... Consider history, injury ... fall, high impact injury ... SMR - Consider POCUS ... e.g. insulation, heat
Pediatric Trauma Primary Survey: C-ABCDE
C - Catastrophic Bleeding - Life-threatening hemorrhage
 • Apply direct pressure/compression bandage
assess for neck injury ... c-spine not cleared; plan ... Binder) • Use POCUS ... Analgesia/sedation plan ... Survey #CABCDE #management
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
inflammatory lung injury ... present; they may ... overload with heart ... Management ● Early ... Glucortecoids may
In ARDS, we know that the lungs are so diffusely injured that the remaining total area
are so diffusely injured ... in ARDS, lung injury ... patterns of lung injury ... Stress come into play ... pathophysiology #diagnosis #management
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
too often, the knee-jerk ... The heart consumes ... workloads on the heart ... In a healthy heart ... echocardiogram #management
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
too often, the knee-jerk ... The heart consumes ... workloads on the heart ... In a healthy heart ... #diagnosis #management
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
• Congenital heart ... Septic Emboli Cause Injury ... occlusion that may ... -> symptomatic heart ... Endocarditis #diagnosis #management