Ultrasound Case 010
A young man with a history of right sided pneumothorax, apical bullectomy and VATS pleurodesis presents with right sided pleuritic chest pain. You are asked to exclude recurrent pneumothorax.
Ultrasound Case 009
A 70 year old male who had been "legally blind" for several years presented after blunt occular trauma. He had never had his eyes formally assessed. He said he had improved light perception post injury and could actually see moving shapes.
Ultrasound Case 008
A 49 year old cyclist hit by a car complains of abdominal pain, worst in his left upper quadrant. Describe and interpret these scans
Ultrasound Case 007
A young man presents with severe intermittent left testicular pain. Describe and interpret these scans
Ultrasound Case 006
A patient with known metastatic breast cancer presents with increasing exertional dyspnoea.
Ultrasound Case 005
A 66 year old woman presents with gradually increasing shortness of breath. She had a syncopal event whilst standing in church and remains grey and sweaty.
What do you do if a puma attacks?
Pumas (Puma concolor) are large feline predators that have been known to attack humans. Do the warning signs give good advice?
Nightland – a tribute
"Are you on f*%king nightshift tonight, mummy?" ...a toddler utterance I hope to never hear again
Pneumothorax Case 4
A 32 year old man presents with a 4 day history of increasing right sided chest pain and associated shortness of breath.
Pneumothorax Case 3
A 31 year old male presents after what is thought to be a superficial penetrating chest wound. You perform an ultrasound. What does this show?
Copperheads don’t cause coagulopathy
Copperheads are common across the southeastern US, and are responsible for a significant number of crotalid envenomations in areas where they are endemic. However, they have the least potent venom of all the pit vipers, and often bites are self-limiting.…
Warm summer nights
It was summer 2006, long days and warm summer nights, and I was an intern, living by the beach and working a rotation in emergency.