Ultrasound Case 112
A 30 year old woman who is currently 30 weeks gestation presents to the ED with abrupt, severe right loin pain.
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Ultrasound Case 111
A 45 year old woman with chronic alcoholic liver disease presents to the ED with exertional dyspnoea and is noted to have a SpO2 of 90% at rest despite having a normal chest examination and CXR.
POCUS Made Easy: AAA
POCUS made easy: AAA scan is useful to look for a ruptured or leaking abdominal aortic aneurysm
POCUS Made Easy: Basic Echo
Focussed ECHO in Life support (FELS) is used to define cardiac pathologies such as cardiogenic shock, pericardial tamponade, signs of submassive/massive PE or hypovolaemia
POCUS Made Easy: Gallbladder
The Gallbladder Ultrasound Exam in the Emergency Department can be used for patients with abdominal pain or jaundice to help in the diagnosis of: Biliary Colic, Cholecystitis or Ascending Cholangitis.
POCUS Made Easy: CLUE Protocol
The Cardiopulmonary Limited Ultrasound Examination (CLUE) is a rapid shortened basic echo and lung exam combination to assess for cardiac and lung pathology.
POCUS Made Easy: RUSH protocol
Rapid-Ultrasound-for-Shock-and Hypotension (RUSH) is used to rapidly assess differential diagnosis causes of shock or hypotension.
POCUS Made Easy: Renal
The Renal Ultrasound Exam is used in the Emergency Department in the assessment of suspected renal colic.
POCUS Made Easy: Lung
Lung Ultrasound Examination looks for pulmonary pathology including acute pulmonary oedema, pneumonia, pleural effusion, pleural abnormalities such as pneumothorax
POCUS Made Easy: Fascia Iliaca Block
Fascia Iliaca Nerve Block is a regional analgesia nerve block used predominantly for hip fractures and femoral shaft fractures. The below video explains how to perform this block under ultrasound guidance.
POCUS Made Easy: eFAST
eFAST (Focused Assessment with Sonography in Trauma) to look for haemothorax, pneumothorax, haemoperitoneum and haemopericardium
POCUS Made Easy: DVT
The DVT Ultrasound Exam in the Emergency Department is used mainly for assessment of above knee DVTs, in patients with suspected DVT. The video below explains how to perform an above knee DVT Ultrasound Exam.