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The Trauma Call Timeline

- A trauma team assembles rapidly in response to a major trauma alert
of catastrophic bleeding ... resuscitation to control bleeding ... restore tissue perfusion ... Assessment #Teamwork #Approach ... #Checklist
Pancreatitis management checklist 
Evaluation to guide etiology & management 
 - RUQ ultrasound 
 - Calcium
Pancreatitis management checklist ... management - RUQ ultrasound ... or postpyloric feeding ... pain-dose ketamine infusion ... #Pancreatitis #Checklist
Cardiac Tamponade - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Caused by an accumulation of blood, pus, effusion fluid
of blood, pus, effusion ... cardiothoracic surgery, trauma ... • Call for ultrasound ... PERICARDIOCENTESIS (sub-xiphoid approach ... Intraoperative #Checklist
MTP Gout Effusion on POCUS
50s male with DM/HTN (no hx gout) and great toe pain-MTP joint.
No trauma. ... without using ultrasound ... luck with that approach ... Clinical #POCUS #ultrasound ... #MSK #Toe
Approach to Joint Pain - Diagnostic Framework

1) Chronicity
2) Inflammatory vs Non-Inflammatory
3) Number of Joints Involved

1) Chronicity:
Approach to Joint ... neuropathy so trauma ... get bacterial seeding ... #Joint #Pain #MSK ... #rheumatology #approach
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
Approach to Joint ... suggested by warmth, effusion ... the morning • Effusion ... Noninflammatory • Trauma ... Differential #Diagnosis #MSK
Elbow arthrocentesis with POCUS 
Probe oriented transverse with obvious effusion in the olecranon fossa
Make sure your
transverse with obvious effusion ... Make sure your approach ... POCUS #clinical #ultrasound ... #msk
Sternal fracture on POCUS. 

60 year old PT, fell on her chest 4 days ago, tender
of pericardial effusion ... Clinical #POCUS #ultrasound ... #msk #trauma