Trauma is the leading cause of non-obstetric death in pregnant women. MVAs and intimate partner violence account for most cases. Let’s first discuss the physiological changes to consider when managing a pregnant patient in a trauma. M…
Ultrasound
It is now the standard of care to perform focused assessment using sonography for trauma (FAST) early in the evaluation of a sick trauma patient. Historically, there has been far less urgency to use ultrasound to evaluate the medical patien…
1. Power on the machine 2. Press the Start & End key to enter the patient data screen 3. Enter exam data: Patient Last: YOUR IBEX initials Patient ID: Patient’s MR# Press Done 4. Select the desired transducer: Cardia…
Today’s post is inspired by real-life events and comes with a video (consent given by the patient and providers). The case: 29M presents with dysphonia, odynophagia, and drooling. He is hypertensive, with a low-grade fever, but he is…
These imaging criteria are based on the American College of Emergency Physicians’ Emergency Ultrasound Imaging Criteria Compendium, approved by the ACEP Board of Directors in 2006. While no set number of stored images is recommended b…
