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Case of the Week - Case # 93

25-year-old male presents with recurring right hand swelling three weeks after punching a glass window. You perform a focused ultrasound and note the following... Take the Case

Posted to Cases (Weblog) by Rob on 09-15-2008
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 # 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 # 76

26-year-old female found unresponsive after a multiple drug overdose. Pt was profoundly hypoxic and bradypneic upon EMS arrival. She was intubated by the paramedics without any medications. While in the ED, the patient remained unresponsive to both verbal and tactile stimuli. She was not assisting the...

Posted to Cases (Weblog) by Rob on 05-19-2008
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
Case of the Week - Case # 54

A 26-year-old male presents to the ED after a stab wound to the left chest. The patient has stable vital signs and has diminished breath sounds on the left but the patient is splinting due to pain. You and your resident perform a FAST exam and see no evidence of a pericardial effusion. During performance...

Posted to Cases (Weblog) by Rob on 12-10-2007
Case of the Week - Case # 41

A 36 y.o. male is admitted to the ED via EMS after a high-speed MVC. The patient was the unrestrained driver of the vehicle. The medics report that the patient "broke the steering wheel. It was also noted on exam that the patient has extensive bruising in the upper abdominal region. His physical...

Posted to Cases (Weblog) by Rob on 08-27-2007
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...

Posted to Cases (Weblog) by Rob on 04-11-2007
Clinical Case # 5

A 24-year-old male presents to the ED after a GSW to the left flank with an entrance wound noted posteriorly and an exit wound noted anteriorly. His vitals are stable and his examination is only remarkable for left flank and side tenderness. His abdominal exam is benign. Your trauma surgeon wants you...

Posted to Cases (Weblog) by Rob on 11-29-2006
Clinical Case # 1

A 32 y.o. male presents after being stabbed in the R chest with a knife. He is hemodynamically stable and has symmetric breath sounds on exam. A chest x-ray cannot be immediately obtained... Take the case .

Posted to Cases (Weblog) by Rob on 11-01-2006

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