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Gastric Rupture on Positive RUQ FAST Exam

Bike vs Car.  Bicyclist hits anterior torso on mailbox.
for sonographic signs ... #Positive #Abdominal ... #POCUS #clinical ... #ultrasound #Liver ... #Trauma
Positive LUQ Fast Exam

Martial arts kicked in abd; +echogenic material LUQ;VSS, CT: Mod ascites w thickened
LUQ;VSS, CT: Mod ascites ... ExLap: ruptured ... Positive #LUQ #pocus ... #ultrasound #clinical ... #abdominalus #trauma
Ruptured Hepatic Hyatid Cyst on RUQ Ultrasound

52-yo female with hypotension after blunt abdominal trauma from fall
Ruptured Hepatic ... FAST exam-small ... #POCUS #clinical ... #ultrasound #Liver ... #Trauma
Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) on POCUS

Still not sure about intra-arrest POCUS? Here is "just another code."
Abdominal Aortic ... No trauma. ... CPR in progress. ... BP-70's. 7.7 cm ... #AAA #POCUS #ultrasound
Handlebar Traumatic Injury 
Young girl presents to you after low energy, helmeted bicycle accident. Her vitals
(normal CXR and ... concern for blunt abdominal ... splenic lacs/rupture ... Severe abdominal ... injuries to spleen, liver
Hemoperitoneum and Hemothorax from ruptured spleen - Perihepatic Window
30's female. No PMH/Not pregnant. Low BP/tachy presents
Hemothorax from ruptured ... Low BP/tachy presents ... FAST exam still ... Hemothorax #clinical #ultrasound ... #pocus #abdominal
Hemoperitoneum from ruptured spleen - Pelvic Window
30's female. No PMH/Not pregnant. Low BP/tachy presents with syncope.
Low BP/tachy presents ... Rebleeding in abdominal ... FAST exam still ... Hemoperitoneum #clinical #ultrasound ... #pocus #trauma
Authors: Mark M. Ramzy, DO, EMT-P (@MarkRamzyDO, EM Resident Physician, Drexel University, Department of Emergency Medicine)
Vital signs: BP ... a chest x-ray (CXR ... not seen on a CXR ... consider intra-abdominal ... bleeding often from a liver