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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...

Posted to Cases (Weblog) by Rob on 08-25-2008
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… Take the Case

Posted to Cases (Weblog) by Rob on 08-18-2008
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)... Take the Case

Posted to Cases (Weblog) by Rob on 08-03-2008
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): Take the Case

Posted to Cases (Weblog) by Rob on 07-28-2008
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 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...

Posted to Cases (Weblog) by Rob on 07-07-2008
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... Take the Case

Posted to Cases (Weblog) by Rob on 06-30-2008
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... Take the Case

Posted to Cases (Weblog) by Rob on 06-16-2008
June 2008 Challenge

64-year-old female presents to the ED three days after undergoing an outpatient diagnostic heart cath. She is complaining of pain and swelling at the catheter insertion site in the right groin. You perform a focused study of the right groin and note the following on the sagittal video... Take the Challenge

Posted to EMsono Challenge (Weblog) by Rob on 06-15-2008
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... Take the Case

Posted to Cases (Weblog) by Rob on 05-27-2008
Case of the Week - Case # 62

A 24-year-old male presents after having been stabbed to the anterior right hemithorax with a screwdriver. His vital signs are stable and his pulse ox is 95% on room air. You perform a FAST exam and note the following on the perihepatic window. Take the Case

Posted to Cases (Weblog) by Rob on 02-06-2008

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