ROSC, hypotension and an ECG exigency
A patient has had an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, but thanks to great prehospital care has achieved ROSC. What does the ECG show? What do you need to do next?
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Pneumothorax Case 1
A 20 year old man presents with shortness of breath and pleuritic chest pain. What does this ultrasound show?
Lung Point Case 3
45 year old male presents with left sided chest pain after scuba diving. What does the ultrasound show? Tiny pneumothorax and lung point
No Radial Pulse
Your patient's finger tips have turned blue, and the paramedics are unable palpate a radial pulse.... "Is he in cardiogenic shock?" could this be Raynaud's phenomenon
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?
Distal Ureteric Stone: Case 1
This patient presents with 24 hours of right flank pain locaslised to the right lower abdomen. What does this image of the right kidney in longitudinal section show?
Renal ultrasound cases
Worked examples of clinical cases for specific pathological conditions and signs from the Renal Ultrasound Modules Distal VUJ Stone: Case 1 – Case 2 – Case 3 – Case 4 – Case 5 Bladder Stone: Case 1 – Case 2 Distal Ureteric Stone: Case 1 –
Lung Point Case 4
A tall and thin 18 year old male presents with pleuritic chest pain and mild shortness of breath. What does the ultrasound show? Lung point
Lung Point Case 2
A 32 year old woman presents to hospital with right sided chest pain and shortness of breath after falling of her bicycle. What does the ultrasound show?
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