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...
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Rob
on 10 Apr 2007
Filed under: trauma, Intermediate, Case, Cardiac
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...
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Rob
on 6 Mar 2007
Filed under: Intermediate, Beginner, Case, Vascular, Procedural ultrasound
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. Take the Case
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Rob
on 20 Feb 2007
Filed under: Intermediate, Beginner, Abscess, Case, Procedural ultrasound, ENT
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 one of the residents...
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Rob
on 6 Feb 2007
Filed under: Beginner, Case, Cardiac, ACLS
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 swelling. You perform an evaluation of the posterior...
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Rob
on 2 Jan 2007
Filed under: Intermediate, Beginner, Musculoskeletal, Case, DVT