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Academic, Infectious Disease, SAEM Clinical Images, Ultrasound
SAEM Clinical Image Series: What Lies Beneath?
A 35-year-old male with a history of diabetes and pericarditis, status post pericardiectomy 3 years ago, presented with a painful lesion on his anterior chest wall. One month prior, the...
Jamie Fried | January 11, 2021
Central Lines, Central Venous Catheter, Central Venous Catheterization, Critical Care, Podcast, Procedures, REBEL Cast, Ultrasound, Uncategorized
REBEL Cast Ep91: Static Ultrasound vs Landmark Placement of Subclavian Central Lines
Background Information: Central venous catheterization is a common procedure performed in the ICU for the purposes of drug administration and resuscitation. The subclavian vein is the more preferred access site given...
Marco Torres | November 19, 2020
Arterial Line, Procedures, Resuscitation, Ultrasound, Uncategorized
REBEL Cast Ep90: Ultrasound vs Landmark-Guided Palpation for Radial Arterial Line Placement
Background Information: Ultrasound guided peripheral and central venous access has become more common while simultaneously decreasing complications and increasing first pass success. Landmark guided palpation has historically been considered the...
Marco Torres | November 16, 2020
Orthopedic, Ultrasound, Ultrasound for the Win
Ultrasound for the Win! 18M with Acute Shoulder Injury #US4TW
Welcome to another ultrasound-based case, part of the “Ultrasound For The Win!” (#US4TW) Case Series, where bedside ultrasound changed the management or aided in a diagnosis. In this case, an...
Mark Rivera-Morales, MD | November 11, 2020
Academic, Emergency Medicine, Orthopedic, SAEM Clinical Images, Ultrasound
SAEM Clinical Image Series: Knee Pain
A fifty-six-year-old male with a past medical history of legal blindness and remote right quadricep tendon rupture presents to the emergency department via emergency medical services (EMS) after a mechanical...
Eric R. Friedman, MD | October 19, 2020
IDEA series, Medical Education, Ultrasound
IDEA Series: Big Screen Ultrasound in Resuscitation Bays
Bedside ultrasound (US) often plays a crucial role in medical and trauma resuscitations in the emergency department (ED) [1]. Performing and interpreting bedside US studies such as the Extended Focused...
Brian Lentz, MD, MS | July 24, 2020
atrial fibirillation, Cardiology, cardioversion, COVID-19, electrical cardioversion, EM Cases, EM Quick Hits, Emergency Medicine, Human Trafficking, lung POCUS, Medical Specialty, pacemaker, Pediatrics, procainamide, renal colic, Respirology, Resuscitation, simulation training, Special Populations, Ultrasound
EM Quick Hits 20 Imaging Renal Colic, Human Trafficking, Atrial Fibrillation During COVID, Transvenous Pacemaker Placement, COVID Lung POCUS, COVID Derm, Virtual Simulation
Justin Morgenstern on imaging choices in renal colic, Hanni Stoklosa on recognition and management of human trafficking, Rohit Mohindra on management of atrial fibrillation during COVID-19, Anand Swaminathan on transvenous...
Anton Helman | June 30, 2020
atrial fibirillation, Cardiology, cardioversion, COVID-19, electrical cardioversion, EM Cases, EM Quick Hits, Emergency Medicine, Human Trafficking, lung POCUS, Medical Specialty, pacemaker, Pediatrics, procainamide, renal colic, Respirology, Resuscitation, simulation training, Special Populations, Ultrasound
EM Quick Hits 20 Imaging Renal Colic, Human Trafficking, Atrial Fibrillation During COVID, Transvenous Pacemaker Placement, COVID Lung POCUS, COVID Derm, Virtual Simulation
Justin Morgenstern on imaging choices in renal colic, Hanni Stoklosa on recognition and management of human trafficking, Rohit Mohindra on management of atrial fibrillation during COVID-19, Anand Swaminathan on transvenous...
Anton Helman | June 30, 2020
ALiEMU, Pediatrics, Ultrasound
ALiEMU New Course: Pediatric Ultrasound-Guided Peripheral IV Access
Did you know that the ALiEMU learning management platform has courses in addition to the AIR Series? We just published the third installment of the pediatric point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) series,...
Michelle Lin, MD | May 10, 2020
Best Case Ever, chest tube, EM Cases, Emergency Medicine, hydrothorax, Medical Specialty, pediatric POCUS, pediatric shock, pleural effusion, Respirology, tube thoracostomy, Ultrasound
BCE 81 Tension Hydrothorax
Tension hydrothorax is a massive pleural effusion presenting with hemodynamic abnormalities secondary to mediastinal compression. Dr. Allan Shefrin tells his Best Case Ever of a child who presents in shock...
Tanishq Suryanvanshi | March 10, 2020
Best Case Ever, chest tube, EM Cases, Emergency Medicine, hydrothorax, Medical Specialty, pediatric POCUS, pediatric shock, pleural effusion, Respirology, tube thoracostomy, Ultrasound
BCE 81 Tension Hydrothorax
Tension hydrothorax is a massive pleural effusion presenting with hemodynamic abnormalities secondary to mediastinal compression. Dr. Allan Shefrin tells his Best Case Ever of a child who presents in shock...
Tanishq Suryanvanshi | March 10, 2020
Ophthalmology, Ultrasound
Gaining the Diagnosis of Vitreous Hemorrhage with Ultrasound
A 54 year-old male presents to the emergency department with an eye complaint. The patient works as a cook and while cleaning the grill several hours ago felt something fly...
Mark Ramzy, DO, EMT-P | January 31, 2020
Pediatrics, Ultrasound, Ultrasound for the Win
Ultrasound for the Win! 3-year-old with abdominal pain #US4TW
A 3-year-old Hispanic female with no significant past medical or surgical history presents to the Emergency Department with her mother for a 3 day history of crampy abdominal pain, intermittent...
Ryan Gibbons, MD | December 4, 2019

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