Cutting edge teaching on ultrasound in Emergency Medicine, in collaboration with POCUS Atlas, as well as articles on radiology in EM
In summary, you have a 40 year old woman presenting with neuro complaint and a scary looking head CT scan. Click HERE for the original post.
It’s Saturday, the start of the weekend, and you go see your first patient, a 40 year-old woman whose chief complaint is “I can’t feel my face.” On further questioning, she tells you that the symptom started that morning when she awoke, and it’s never happened before. Her only history is Read more…
Congratulations to ablumenberg! While your answer wasn’t complete, you were the only one to submit an answer, so, you win money (or a gift card)! To recap: An 88 yo M on aspirin and PLAVIX is BIBEMS for headache and vomiting the day after falling out of his chair and bumping his Read more…
An 88 yo M with history of HTN and CAD s/p stent on aspirin and Plavix is brought in by EMS after a fall. He states he was drinking tea in his chair last night and he fell asleep, fell out of the chair, hitting his right occiput on the Read more…
55 y/o M w/ ESRD p/w chest pain. As you’re finished evaluating him and leaving, he says, “Oh doc, 1 more thing. Can you take a look at these lumps on my thighs? It’s been growing for a few months and bothering me.” You take a quick peek and notice Read more…
Written by Randi Ozaki …and probably one of the more annoying clinical questions that we’re faced with in the ED. PERC (pulmonary embolism rule-out criteria), D-dimer and Well’s criteria have been discussed ad nauseam, but the question I pose to you, is how does Read more…
Here’s Dr. Brevil with today’s Morning Report! Ocular Ultrasound Since the anterior and posterior chambers of the eye contain vitreous fluid, the eye is an ideal acoustic window for ultrasound imaging Normal Anatomy: Iris separates lens and anterior chamber Retinal Detachment Atraumatic RD in 1/10,000 Presence of unilateral Read more…
You just finished rounding in the critical care area at Janus General Hospital when the triage nurse wheels over a patient from walk-in triage. The patient is a 75 year old male with a history of well controlled hypertension presents to the ED complaining of chest pain. The Read more…
Written by Dr. Michelle DiMare Welcome back! This month’s post is brought to you by my sudden increase in peds shifts and everyone’s favorite chief complaint: vomiting. While ultrasounding a tiny, crying, puking, squirmy patient can often seem like a daunting task, this post will hopefully help you hit your Read more…
Check out the original post here: Xray Vision: Chest Pain Congratulations Dr. Grundmann! This patient has a primary spontaneous pneumothorax. References: Humphries RL, Young W, Jr.. Chapter 71. Spontaneous and Iatrogenic Pneumothorax. In: Tintinalli JE, Stapczynski J, Ma O, Cline DM, Cydulka RK, Meckler GD, T. eds. Tintinalli’s Emergency Medicine: A Comprehensive Study Guide, 7e. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill; Read more…