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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 ... #ultrasound #clinical ... #abdominalus #trauma ... #FAST #Positive
Gastric Rupture on Positive RUQ FAST Exam

Bike vs Car.  Bicyclist hits anterior torso on mailbox.
RUQ FAST Exam ... #Exam #Positive ... #Abdominal #POCUS ... #clinical #ultrasound ... #Liver #Trauma
Positive LUQ Fast Exam

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

52-yo female with hypotension after blunt abdominal trauma from fall
trauma from fall ... FAST exam-small ... #POCUS #clinical ... #ultrasound #Liver ... #Trauma
Hemoperitoneum and Hemothorax from ruptured spleen - Perihepatic Window
30's female. No PMH/Not pregnant. Low BP/tachy presents
No PMH/Not pregnant ... FAST exam still ... Hemoperitoneum #Hemothorax #clinical ... #ultrasound #pocus ... #abdominal #trauma
Hemoperitoneum from ruptured spleen - Pelvic Window
30's female. No PMH/Not pregnant. Low BP/tachy presents with syncope.
No PMH/Not pregnant ... Rebleeding in abdominal ... FAST exam still ... Hemoperitoneum #clinical ... #ultrasound #pocus
Authors: Mark M. Ramzy, DO, EMT-P (@MarkRamzyDO, EM Resident Physician, Drexel University, Department of Emergency Medicine)
Pertinent positives ... This patient’s clinical ... findings and clinical ... consider intra-abdominal ... bleeding often from a liver