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Gastric Rupture on Positive RUQ FAST Exam

Bike vs Car.  Bicyclist hits anterior torso on mailbox.
RUQ FAST Exam ... #FAST #Exam #Positive ... #Abdominal #POCUS ... #clinical #ultrasound ... #Liver #Trauma
Positive FAST exam - Morrison’s Pouch

Ever so often its nice to gaze upon a crisp &
Positive FAST exam ... #ultrasound #clinical ... #abdominalus #trauma ... #FAST #Positive ... #LUQ
Positive LUQ Fast Exam

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

52-yo female with hypotension after blunt abdominal trauma from fall
Ruptured Hepatic ... Ultrasound 52 ... FAST exam-small ... #Abdominal #POCUS ... #Liver #Trauma
Liver Abscess on POCUS
24yo healthy F to ED w/rigors &DCed. 2/2 blood cx + for fusobacterium,
POCUS 24yo healthy ... asymptomatic, CBC ... recommended, but IR ... #Abscess #Hepatic ... #Ultrasound #Abdominal
Positive FAST exam at the caudal liver edge

Ultrasound isn't as sensitive for solid organ injury, but
Positive FAST exam ... POCUS is not sensitive ... Upper Quadrant (RUQ ... #positive #trauma ... #clinical #POCUS
Female passenger who fell off a motorcycle with hypotension. Lots of blood in the Spleno-renal space.
Hemorrhage #Blood #pocus ... #ultrasound #clinical ... #abdominalus #trauma ... #FAST #Positive ... #LUQ
Hepatic Artery Calcifications on POCUS
Elderly male with abd pain/low BP. POCUS Liver TRV shown. Diagnosis?
Linear intrahepatic
male with abd pain ... POCUS Liver TRV ... tends to have air ... #clinical #ultrasound ... #RUQ
Pancreatitis management checklist 
Evaluation to guide etiology & management 
 - RUQ ultrasound 
 - Calcium
management - RUQ ... ultrasound - ... Triglyceride level - Liver ... balance >3-4 liters positive ... increase the risk of abdominal
Authors: Mark M. Ramzy, DO, EMT-P (@MarkRamzyDO, EM Resident Physician, Drexel University, Department of Emergency Medicine)
Pertinent positives ... SpO2 88% on room air ... Due to their short ... consider intra-abdominal ... bleeding often from a liver