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Post-Arrest Liver Laceration on POCUS
Liver laceration can occur secondarily to chest compressions. Delays in detecting post-arrest
to chest compressions ... post-arrest intra-abdominal ... #Laceration #cpr ... #POCUS #clinical ... #trauma #ultrasound
Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) - Diagnosis and Management

Pneumonia Signs/Symptoms:
 • Confusion/disorientation (LR + 1.9)
 • Cough
• Pleuritic chest ... Uremia (blood urea ... nitrogen level ... infiltrate by chest ... Yield of blood CX
Purulent Pericardial Effusion on POCUS Echocardiogram

20's male on biologic recently treated for CAP.  Now febrile,
recently treated for CAP ... Now febrile, chest ... LLL pna--Strep pneumonia ... Echocardiogram #clinical ... #ultrasound #s4c
Hemopericardium in Cardiac Arrest on POCUS Echocardiogram
GSW to left chest. Prehospital arrest. Note has hemopericardium-isoechoic to
Cardiac Arrest on POCUS ... Echocardiogram GSW to left chest ... Hemopericardium can ... Echocardiogram #clinical ... #trauma #s4c #GSW
Gastric Rupture on Positive RUQ FAST Exam

Bike vs Car.  Bicyclist hits anterior torso on mailbox.
Exam Bike vs Car ... Exam #Positive #Abdominal ... #POCUS #clinical ... #ultrasound #Liver ... #Trauma
Beaver Tail Liver - Enlarged Left Lobe of the Liver on POCUS
LUQ trauma case.  Rollover
on POCUS LUQ trauma ... Has abdominal pain-left ... appearance of the area ... Enlarged #LeftLobe #POCUS ... #clinical #ultrasound
Bullet Embolization in the Right Ventricle on POCUS Echocardiogram
22M s/p GSW to left mid-abdomen. Positive FAST
The CXR may be helpful ... UAB Emergency Ultrasound ... Echocardiogram #clinical ... #cardiology #s4c ... #trauma
Summary of Oncologic Emergencies

Neutropenic fever:
- Fever + ANC < 500 → start cefepime ± vancomycin (if
suspected) - CT chest ... CT abdomen if abdominal ... - Occurs after CAR-T ... ICANS: altered level ... speech changes (CAR-T
Rib fractures on POCUS 
1. look for a discontinuity at the site of pain and tenderness
US beats CXR on ... Most CXR are wasted ... course based on chest ... #clinical #ultrasound ... #trauma
Complex Ascites on POCUS
62 yo F with rec dx colon CA s/p colectomy, liver cirrhosis w
s/p colectomy, liver ... as well as an area ... Point of Care Ultrasound ... #SBP #clinical ... #ultrasound #abdominal