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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
Good vs Bad CPR on POCUS TEE during Cardiac Arrest
POCUS TEE can be utilized intra-arrest to
Good vs Bad CPR ... intra-arrest to augment CPR ... person performing chest ... KPSono @KpSono #CPR ... #POCUS #TEE #clinical
Hemopericardium in Cardiac Arrest on POCUS Echocardiogram
GSW to left chest. Prehospital arrest. Note has hemopericardium-isoechoic to
Echocardiogram ... GSW to left chest ... Hemopericardium can ... #clinical #trauma ... #s4c #GSW
Tricuspid Valve Endocarditis on POCUS Echocardiogram

Patient with active IVDU presents with fever, sepsis.  More likely
presents with fever ... frequently have lung ... emboli (see CT cor ... #clinical #cardiology ... #s4c
Gastric Rupture on Positive RUQ FAST Exam

Bike vs Car.  Bicyclist hits anterior torso on mailbox.
Exam Bike vs Car ... for sonographic signs ... Exam #Positive #Abdominal ... #POCUS #clinical ... #Trauma
Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) - Diagnosis and Management

Pneumonia Signs/Symptoms:
 • Confusion/disorientation (LR + 1.9)
 • Cough
Management Pneumonia Signs ... • Pleuritic chest ... Uremia (blood urea ... nitrogen level ... infiltrate by chest
Handlebar Traumatic Injury 
Young girl presents to you after low energy, helmeted bicycle accident. Her vitals
re-exams (normal CXR ... concern for blunt abdominal ... Severe abdominal ... injuries to spleen, liver ... #Injury #clinical
Rib fractures on POCUS 
1. look for a discontinuity at the site of pain and tenderness
US beats CXR on ... Most CXR are wasted ... orient in line on long ... course based on chest ... #trauma
Authors: Mark M. Ramzy, DO, EMT-P (@MarkRamzyDO, EM Resident Physician, Drexel University, Department of Emergency Medicine)
Vital signs: BP ... x-ray (CXR), try ... not seen on a CXR ... consider intra-abdominal ... Radiology #CTChest #Lung