A 60-year-old male BG HTN presents with acute left-sided facial weakness.
You are working on a rapid response vehicle (RRV) as a part of a PHEM-rotation and attend a red call: 3-year-old cardiac arrest. Unsupervised child fallen into outdoor pond. Not breathing. Not responsive.
How does POCUS help in evaluation of a patient with vision loss?
A 45-year-old man presents to the emergency department with sudden onset central chest pain.
A motorcyclist presents after a high speed collision, appearing stable with minor signs. But is everything as it seems? Would you trust the vitals or investigate further?
A 77-year-old woman presents to the ED with generalised abdominal pain. She describes the pain as dull and constant, accompanied by nausea, vomiting, and anorexia.
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.