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Post-Arrest Liver Laceration on POCUS
Liver laceration can occur secondarily to chest compressions. Delays in detecting post-arrest
Liver laceration ... post-arrest intra-abdominal ... hypotension as bleeding ... #POCUS #clinical ... #trauma #ultrasound
Postpartum Hemorrhage - Differential Diagnosis and Management 
Uterine Atony (80%) - Most PPH Will respond to
Using external abdominal ... to gather POC Trauma ... Direct pressure • Laceration ... procoagulants • External aortic ... compression (using ultrasound
Shock Overview
A state of tissue hypoxia due to decreased or dysregulated oxygen delivery or extraction, resulting
death Common Clinical ... AI, thyroid dz liver ... • Hemorrhagic: bleeding ... out (trauma, GI ... Classification #diagnosis #management
Shock Overview
A state of tissue hypoxia due to decreased or dysregulated oxygen delivery or extraction, resulting
death Common Clinical ... AI, thyroid dz liver ... • Hemorrhagic: bleeding ... out (trauma, GI ... Classification #diagnosis #management
Pancreatitis management checklist 
Evaluation to guide etiology & management 
 - RUQ ultrasound 
 - Calcium
- RUQ ultrasound ... Triglyceride level - Liver ... as for septic shock ... increase the risk of abdominal ... or postpyloric feeding
Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC) Overview

Increased Clotting and Consumption of Clotting Factors

Findings:
 • Bleeding
 • Recent history
Recent history of trauma ... organ damage Clinical ... dysfunction (16%) • Shock ... DIC • Severe Liver ... causes #treatment #management
Authors: Mark M. Ramzy, DO, EMT-P (@MarkRamzyDO, EM Resident Physician, Drexel University, Department of Emergency Medicine)
This patient’s clinical ... consider intra-abdominal ... bleeding often ... from a liver or ... spleen laceration