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Positive FAST exam - Morrison’s Pouch

Ever so often its nice to gaze upon a crisp &
Positive FAST exam ... got us hooked on POCUS ... pouch #Hemorrhage #pocus ... #ultrasound #clinical ... #abdominalus #trauma
Focused Assessment with Sonography for HIV/TB - The FASH Exam

The main objective of the FASH exam
/TB - The FASH Exam ... and pericardial effusions ... , enlarged abdominal ... #Diagnosis #POCUS ... Focused #Assessment #Ultrasound
Hemopericardium on POCUS Echocardiogram - Subcostal View

Valentine's day.  Shot through the heart--but not by Cupid.
Hemopericardium on POCUS ... FAST exam done. ... Diagnosis? ... #ultrasound #Pericardial ... #Effusion #Trauma
Ruptured AAA on POCUS

Nice pick up with a POCUS RUSH exam in a patient with undifferentiated
POCUS Nice pick ... up with a POCUS ... RUSH exam in a ... to diagnose through ... #ultrasound #abdominal
Positive LUQ Fast Exam

Martial arts kicked in abd; +echogenic material LUQ;VSS, CT: Mod ascites w thickened
Positive LUQ Fast ... Exam Martial ... #LUQ #pocus #ultrasound ... #clinical #abdominalus ... #trauma #exam
Adrenal hematoma/hemorrhage on FAST exam

Adult male with RUQ/side pain after MVC. Transient prehospital hypotension.  Has
Diagnosis/differential ... No other intra-abdominal ... hemorrhage #FAST #Positive ... #trauma #clinical ... #ultrasound
Gastric Rupture on Positive RUQ FAST Exam

Bike vs Car.  Bicyclist hits anterior torso on mailbox.
RUQ FAST Exam ... #Positive #Abdominal ... #POCUS #clinical ... #ultrasound #Liver ... #Trauma
Constrictive Pericarditis on Echocardiogram
A 55-year-old female marathon runner presents to clinic w/ 6-months of worsening breathlessness
Exam showed BP 100 ... 74, JVP 15 cm ASA ... circumferential pericardial effusion ... expiration not meeting diagnostic ... Echocardiogram #a4c #pocus
Authors: Mark M. Ramzy, DO, EMT-P (@MarkRamzyDO, EM Resident Physician, Drexel University, Department of Emergency Medicine)
Pertinent positives ... on physical exam ... This post will focus ... consider intra-abdominal ... #Radiology #CTChest