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• Case of the Week - Case # 95

  21-year-old G3P2 TOA1 female presents with severe pelvic pain, lies with her hips flexed and won't straighten her legs. Pulse 102, BP 102/80,temp 37.0 R-16. Pt refuses pelvic and abd exam, demands a CT scan, denies pregnancy based on a mefipristone abortion 6 weeks PTA. Her serum preg IS negative but her urine preg is weak pos. She finally agrees to a trans-abd US in exchange for pain meds & ice chips. You perform a focused ultrasound and note the following…... Posted Sep 29 2008, 02:52 PM by Rob with | with no comments Filed under: Pelvic, Beginner, Intermediate, OB, Pregnancy, Pelvic US

• Case of the Week - Case # 92

  34-year-old female with left lower abdominal pain and spotting. She has a quant of 786. Her vitals are stable and she is afebrile. You perform a focused ultrasound and note the following...... Posted Sep 08 2008, 05:14 PM by Rob with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: Pelvic, Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced, OB, Pregnancy, Pelvic US

• Case of the Week - Case # 90

  A 54-year-old male presents with a significant UGI bleed. He seeks his care at an outside hospital and you have no records for him at your hospital. Due to his GI bleeding, you want to fluid resuscitate the patient but are concerned due to his CHF history. You perform a focused echo to assess for global LV function and note the following…... Posted Aug 25 2008, 09:25 AM by Rob with | with no comments Filed under: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced, Cardiac, CVP

• Case of the Week - Case # 89

  A 28-year-old male presents with chest pain after being struck in the chest with a baseball bat injury to his chest while playing ball. His vitals are BP 110/74, HR 118, RR 26, PO 93% on RA. You perform a bedside ultrasound…... Posted Aug 18 2008, 08:43 AM by Rob with | with no comments Filed under: Beginner, Intermediate, trauma, lung

• Case of the Week - Case # 88

  During your ED shift, a resident comes to you and asks you to look at a 1st trimester OB scan he has performed. He is concerned about impending fetal demise due to severe fetal bradycardia. The resident shows you the following video and you note the following... Posted Aug 11 2008, 09:52 AM by Rob with | with no comments Filed under: Pelvic, Beginner, OB, Pregnancy, Pelvic US, Practical Scanning

• Case of the Week - Case # 87

  24-year-old female presents with vaginal spotting and cramping. Her quant HCG is 2241. She is at 10 weeks by dates. She is hemodynamically stable. You perform a focused ultrasound. The mean sac diameter was calculated (28 mm)...... Posted Aug 03 2008, 09:41 PM by Rob with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: Pelvic, Beginner, Intermediate, OB, Pregnancy, Pelvic US

• Case of the Week - Case # 86

  20-year-old male is admitted to the ED via EMS after a rollover MVC. The patient is hemodynamically stable. On exam you note that the patient has multiple torso bruises. After initial stabilization, you perform a FAST exam and note the following (perihepatic and perisplenic windows shown):... Posted Jul 28 2008, 04:14 PM by Rob with | with no comments Filed under: FAST, Beginner, Intermediate, trauma

• Case of the Week - Case # 85

  A 52-year-old male presents with right leg pain. He is morbidly obese and has calf tenderness on the right. You perform a focused venous compression ultrasound from the groin to the knee and do not find a DVT. Emergency Ultrasound You subsequently scan the area of tenderness within the calf and note the following... ... Posted Jul 21 2008, 06:09 PM by Rob with | with no comments Filed under: Beginner, DVT, Vascular

• Case of the Week - Case # 84

  A 58-year-old male with a history of hypertension presents to the ED with abdominal pain. His vitals are BP: 105/60 Pulse: 90 RR: 20 and he is afebrile. You perform a focused bedside ultrasound and note the following… ... Posted Jul 14 2008, 12:01 AM by Rob with | with no comments Filed under: Aorta, Beginner

• Case of the Week - Case # 83

  A 24-year-old G1P0 female presents to the ED with pelvic cramping and spotting. Her vitals are stable EMsono July Case - Emergency Medicine Ultrasound and she is afebrile. The patient states she has had some lower pelvic pain for 36 hours and has bleed less than 2 pads in the last 12 hours. Her quantitative hCG is 3,680. You perform a focused bedside ultrasound and note the following…... Posted Jul 07 2008, 12:01 AM by Rob with | with no comments Filed under: Pelvic, Beginner, Intermediate, Pregnancy, Pelvic US

• Case of the Week - Case # 82

  46-year-old male presents with right scrotal swelling and pain. He is febrile to 102.8. You perform a bedside ultrasound and note the following... ... Posted Jun 30 2008, 12:01 AM by Rob with | with no comments Filed under: Beginner, Intermediate, Testicle

• Case of the Week - Case # 81

  56-year-old female with ruq abdominal pain. She is non-icteric. Her vitals are stable and she is EMsono Case of the Week - Emergency Ultrasound Education afebrile. You perform a focused gallbladder ultrasound and note the following...... Posted Jun 23 2008, 12:00 AM by Rob with | with no comments Filed under: RUQ, Beginner

• Case of the Week - Case # 80

  67-year-old dialysis patient is sent to the ED from dialysis. The dialysis nurse reports that they were able to dialyze the patient off of his graft. On exam, you can feel a bruit and a weak thrill. You perform a focused ultrasound and note the following...... Posted Jun 16 2008, 12:00 AM by Rob with | with no comments Filed under: Beginner, Intermediate, Vascular

• Case of the Week - Case # 77

  24-year-old G2P1001 female who is approximately 9.5 weeks by dates presents with mild cramping and spotting. Her vital signs are stable and she is afebrile. You perform a pelvic ultrasound and note the following...... Posted May 27 2008, 08:04 AM by Rob with | with no comments Filed under: Beginner, Intermediate, Pregnancy

• Case of the Week - Case # 63

  A 45-year-old male presents with calf pain for the past 7 days. The patient denies any trauma, prolonged travel or prior history of DVT. On exam, his vitals are stable. His right calf is 4.5 cm larger than his left calf. He has a positive Homan's sign on the right. You perform a venous compression examination and note the following in the popliteal region...... Posted Feb 12 2008, 01:33 AM by Rob with | with no comments Filed under: Beginner, DVT