YES! If you’ve had an arterial line placed on yourself, then you know how painful this is. Watching residents and attendings fish for the artery blind always made my skin crawl.
“MVC” was the heads up we got in my ED. Bloodied next to a car and refusing to provide any information. Wound pattern didn’t jive, eFAST +, went directly to the OR and trauma sx repaired the ventricle! #pericardialeffusion#ultrasound#eFAST
My case report got published in Florida College of Emergency Physicians Journal
Case Report: Acute Monocular Painless Vision Loss in Elderly Man https://t.co/zRsfNpMFKM
@FCEP@moremois@krmc_pocus@KRMC_EM
elderly male presents to the ED with rapidly progressive left thigh pain, with associated fever, swelling and redness. #POCUS demonstrates the following.
Nec Fasc with subcutaneous air, deep fluid collection, cobblestoning.
#FOAMed
#POCUS#VExUS image of the day:
Renal decongestion: Transformation of the renal parenchymal vein waveform with diuretic therapy (approximately 4L net negative)
#diuresisjedi#MedEd
Focus on MSK US this coming month: Ganglion cyst. Typically attached to underlying joint capsule or tendon sheath. On US look for fluid-filled mass w/stalk extending toward joint. Evaluate w/color Doppler to exclude vascular anomaly and nerve sheath tumor #POCUS
#POCUS#Echofirst
Classification of diastolic function based on 1. mitral inflow velocities, 2. mitral inflow velocities with Valsalva, 3. tissue Doppler imaging of the mitral annulus, and 4. pulsed wave Doppler interrogation of the pulmonary veins.
Source: PMID 31918900 #MedEd
Team registration is open for #SonoGames21Virtual
More Info: https://t.co/8592Dk9seu
Early Bird Deadline: Feb 1!
Get your teams together and join us virtually on Friday, May 14, 2021 during #SAEM21!