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• Case of the Week - Case # 22

  A young woman is dropped off at the ambulance entrance by friends after being shot once in the right chest during a robbery attempt. On arrival she is minimally responsive and is noted to have a single GSW to the right lateral chest. Her blood pressure is 118/74 and her heart rate is 104. She is emergently intubated and a portable CXR is performed. After performing the ABCs, you perform a bedside cardiac ultrasound. You note the following...... Posted Apr 11 2007, 12:00 AM by Rob with | with no comments Filed under: Intermediate, Case, Cardiac, trauma

• Case of the Week - Case # 18

  76 y.o. male presents to the ED via EMS with a blood pressure of 68/42. He was just discharged from the hospital yesterday after having undergone an outpatient cystoscopy with bladder mass biopsy. Nursing is unable to obtain peripheral venous access so you decide to place a right IJ catheter. You scan the IJ vein and note the following...... Posted Mar 07 2007, 01:18 AM by Rob with | with no comments Filed under: Beginner, Intermediate, Case, Procedural ultrasound, Vascular

• Case of the Week - Case # 17

  A 28 year-old male with PMH of AIDS presents with pleuritic chest pain. The patient denies history of trauma or infectious symptoms. On examination, the patient appears relatively comfortable and has stable vital signs other than a heart rate of 108. There is no evidence of trauma or stigmata of a DVT. On cardiac exam, there appears to be a friction rub. You are concerned that the patient has pericarditis. You perform a focused echo of the heart to evaluate for the presence of a pericardial fluid collection...... Posted Feb 28 2007, 12:00 AM by Rob with | with no comments Filed under: Intermediate, Case, Cardiac

• Case of the Week - Case # 16

  22 y.o. male presents with severe right-sided sore throat for 2 days. On examination, he has trismus noted. He has obvious right-sided peritonsillar swelling and his uvula is deviated toward the left. You perform a transverse scan intraorally through the right peritonsillar region.... Posted Feb 21 2007, 02:02 AM by Rob with | with no comments Filed under: Beginner, Intermediate, Case, Procedural ultrasound, Abscess

• Case of the Week - Case # 15

  68 y.o. male presents via EMS in full cardiac arrest. This was a witnessed arrest per medics and the patient was in ventricular fibrillation on EMS arrival. After several minutes of ACLS the rhythm changed to a narrow QRS complex with a rate in the 50’s. Upon arrival to the ED... Posted Feb 07 2007, 02:17 AM by Rob with | with no comments Filed under: Beginner, Case, Cardiac, ACLS

• Case of the Week - Case # 14

  57 year-old male presents with painful swelling of his left neck and fever of 38.9. You suspect the patient has an abscess. ... Posted Jan 31 2007, 01:04 PM by Rob with | with no comments Filed under: Beginner, Intermediate, Case, Abscess

• Case of the Week - Case # 10

  A 67-year-old female presents to the ED with posterior knee pain. Your resident has just completed an orthopedics rotation and is convinced that the patient has a baker’s cyst. She is moderately obese and physical examination reveals no definitive... Posted Jan 03 2007, 05:02 AM by Rob with | with no comments Filed under: Beginner, Intermediate, Case, Musculoskeletal, DVT