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Positive FAST exam - Morrison’s Pouch

Ever so often its nice to gaze upon a crisp &
Positive FAST exam ... Pouch Ever so ... got us hooked on POCUS ... #ultrasound #clinical ... #abdominalus #trauma
Focused Assessment with Sonography for HIV/TB - The FASH Exam

The main objective of the FASH exam
/TB - The FASH Exam ... effusions, enlarged abdominal ... focal spleen and liver ... #Diagnosis #POCUS ... Focused #Assessment #Ultrasound
Flail Chest Breathing on Physical Exam
74 year-old male, fallen over in the garden. Four rib fractures.
Breathing on Physical Exam ... missed by non-trauma ... team. 1. ... missed by CXR, so ... Chest #Breathing #PhysicalExam
Liver Abscess on POCUS
24yo healthy F to ED w/rigors &DCed. 2/2 blood cx + for fusobacterium,
POCUS 24yo healthy ... fusobacterium, so ... Abscess #Hepatic #POCUS ... #Clinical #Ultrasound ... #Abdominal
Flail Chest Breathing on Physical Exam
74 year-old male, fallen over in the garden. Four rib fractures.
Breathing on Physical Exam ... missed by non-trauma ... team. 1. ... missed by CXR, so ... Chest #Breathing #PhysicalExam
Gastroschisis on POCUS

Common ED complaint--VB/OB.  G1P0.  No heart tones heard so POCUS done.
heart tones heard so ... POCUS done. ... Note abdominal wall ... exam goals to patient ... #clinical #ultrasound
Live Ectopic Pregnancy on Transvaginal POCUS

Young female patient, severe abdominal pain. +preg test. Pelvic exam followed
Live Ectopic Pregnancy ... on Transvaginal POCUS ... patient, severe abdominal ... Pelvic exam followed ... Transvaginal #Pelvic #Ultrasound
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
Post-Arrest Liver Laceration on POCUS
Liver laceration can occur secondarily to chest compressions. Delays in detecting post-arrest
Laceration on POCUS ... post-arrest intra-abdominal ... Laceration #cpr #POCUS ... #clinical #trauma ... #ultrasound
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 ... Fluid on the FAST Exam ... FAST #positive #trauma ... #clinical #POCUS