A patient presents with RUQ pain, how do you use POCUS for your assessment?
A 42-year-old man presents to the ED with a severe headache. He is pacing up and down and says he has been woken up by a similar headache every night for the last 4 nights.
An 80-year-old gentleman is brought to the emergency department after falling at home.
A 21-year-old student presents to ED distressed and agitated, pacing up and down. He looks terrified and is acutely suicidal.
An 82-year-old nursing home resident is brought into the ED with abdominal distension and a 2 day history of constipation.
A 7-year-old boy is brought to your ED by his father feeling unwell with a very itchy rash.
A 39-year-old male presents to the ED with a 3-day history of bilateral peripheral limb paraesthesia, dysphagia, ataxia and diplopia.
How does POCUS help in evaluation of breathlessness?
A patient presents with flank pain and haematuria. How can POCUS help with this patient?
We continue our learning about artefacts in POCUS.
Can you identify these commonly occurring artefacts in your daily practice?
A 55-year-old farmer presents to the ED with sudden onset decreased vision, pain and bleeding from his right eye.
A 25-year-old man with no significant past medical history presents to the ED with his wife complaining of a one day history of vomiting and diarrhoea.
A 57-year-old lady is brought into the ED by ambulance with a presentation of abdominal pain.
A flight, a scar, and a swollen leg. What lies beneath the surface isnt just a clot.
An 84-year-old presents with shortness of breath, chest pain, and appears peri-arrest.
A 20-year-old male assaulted and presenting with jaw pain but no obvious deformity had a missed mandibular fracture due to lack of imaging.
A 29-year-old woman presents with a 3 day history of vomiting following drinking most of a bottle of vodka.
A young female footballer presents with a swollen, painful knee after being tackled. Examination reveals a large effusion.
A normally well man in his 50s presents with severe chest pain following vomiting.
A 46-year-old male presents to the ED with 3 months refractory headache and subacute forehead swelling (unknown duration) with acute periorbital oedema.
A 45-year-old male presents to the ED with a four-day history of right sided testicular pain and swelling.
A 49-year-old female returns to the ED with post-traumatic elbow pain. She appears tearful. She was discharged a week ago after sustaining a fall, which was diagnosed as muscular back pain.