Life in the Fast Lane

Emergency Medicine and critical care education blog • LITFL

Lung collapse Case 1

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This patient suffered right sided chest trauma with a rib fracture, tension pneumothorax and extensive surgical emphysema. Then became more SOB after treatment with ICC

Subcutaneous emphysema Case 1

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An elderly patient with a history of mild COPD presents after falling onto a chair and hitting their chest. The presentation is with chest pain and shortness of breath. What does this scan demonstrate?

Lung Ultrasound: Pneumonia

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Pneumonia is an inflammatory, most commonly infectious process involving the lungs. Typically the alveoli in intensely inflamed areas fill with inflammatory fluid or pus, and this is known as consolidation. The changes may be widespread, patchy or lobar. Ultrasound can detect the pulmonary changes associated with pneumonia as long as the process involves some of […]