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Pneumoperitoneum - Free Air Reverberation Artifact - Abdominal A-Lines on POCUS

Don't just look for FF on
A-Lines on POCUS ... look for FF on fast ... Free air is reverberation ... #ALines #POCUS ... #clinical #ultrasound
Bowel perforation on POCUS.

At beginning of clip, free air from a perforated viscous displaces liver from
beginning of clip, free ... from peritoneal line ... pressure over RUQ ... #Abdominal #clinical ... #ultrasound #Air
Gastric Rupture on Positive RUQ FAST Exam

Bike vs Car.  Bicyclist hits anterior torso on mailbox.
FAST Exam Bike ... the presence of free ... #Abdominal #POCUS ... #clinical #ultrasound ... #Liver #Trauma
Liver laceration and pneumoperitoneum on POCUS

BAT s/p MVC-unrestrained driver. RUQ pain. Good quality FAST exam windows
Liver laceration ... Good quality FAST ... Liver laceration ... #POCUS #clinical ... #ultrasound #trauma
Free Air on Abdominal POCUS - Enhanced Peritoneal Stripe Sign (EPSS)

50 year old female with LLQ
Free Air on Abdominal ... anteriorly over the RUQ ... and liver (ie, ... #Air #Abdominal ... #POCUS #EPSS #clinical
Ruptured Hepatic Hyatid Cyst on RUQ Ultrasound

52-yo female with hypotension after blunt abdominal trauma from fall
FAST exam-small ... Free fluid noted ... #Abdominal #POCUS ... #clinical #ultrasound ... #Liver #Trauma
Positive FAST exam at the caudal liver edge

Ultrasound isn't as sensitive for solid organ injury, but
POCUS is not sensitive ... Upper Quadrant (RUQ ... Sensitive Area for Free ... #positive #trauma ... #clinical #POCUS
Perforated Gastric Ulcer on Abdominal POCUS
Not all FASTs are simple. Take a look at this! There
layering fluid in the LUQ ... occult bleed due to trauma ... abdomen to rule out free ... #POCUS #clinical ... #ultrasound #perforation
Beaver Tail Liver - Enlarged Left Lobe of the Liver on POCUS
LUQ trauma case.  Rollover
on POCUS LUQ trauma ... Has abdominal pain-left ... Has no free fluid ... Enlarged #LeftLobe #POCUS ... #clinical #ultrasound
Authors: Mark M. Ramzy, DO, EMT-P (@MarkRamzyDO, EM Resident Physician, Drexel University, Department of Emergency Medicine)
SpO2 88% on room air ... This patient’s clinical ... consider intra-abdominal ... bleeding often from a liver ... or spleen laceration